Madison Sq Garden database tracks hundreds. Labels "LGBTQIA," & low/high "risk."(www.wired.com)
36 pointsby smurda7 hours ago8 comments
  • ChrisArchitect7 hours ago
    Related:

    Madison Square Garden compiled a list of activists against facial recognition

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48644781

  • opengrassan hour ago
    It's for the cameraman to know where to point during live and taped events.
  • masfuerte5 hours ago
    This is risk scores for celebrities looking for free tickets. Does anyone really care?
  • Simulacra6 hours ago
    When I worked in IT for the US congress (2012) the internal system that tracks constituents does the same thing. All offices uses it. "Black folks" was the most glaring odd label that I saw.
  • honeycrispy6 hours ago
    MSG database stands for "Madison square garden database", not "Message database". I think the title should be updated to avoid confusion.
    • smurda6 hours ago
      good feedback. updated.
  • josefritzishere5 hours ago
    Is this a hate crime? It might literally be illegal in New York. Maybe they're undeserving of their millions of dollars of tax breaks.
  • AlexandrB6 hours ago
    Joe Rogan's Comedy Mothership does something similar[1]. The worst part about these systems is that the lack of accountability and appeals process. If you end up on the "bad" list, you're banned and probably SOL.

    [1] https://www.cracked.com/article_38944_joe-rogans-comedy-club...

    • galkk5 hours ago
      Hmm, nobody is entitled to a private property visit and owner can set any rules they like
      • pyuser5834 hours ago
        That’s not true at all. There are many rules affecting public establishments, including privately owned ones.

        Your house is your house, but once you establish a venue open to the general public, you have to follow rules.

        • galkk2 hours ago
          Which rules are broken?

          Like with guns (opening paragraph about removing concealed carry guns). The sign “no guns on premise” doesn’t have power of law, unless it’s like school, but if owner asks you to leave, you should comply, otherwise you will be trespassing