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What’s going on over at X?
NEW X POLICY
X, formerly known as Twitter, has announced it will collect biometric data on its users, such as a photograph of their face, in an update to its privacy policy.
People signed up to its subscription service, X Premium, will now be able to provide a selfie and photo ID for verification, with X also stating it may collect employment and educational history.
This would be to “recommend potential jobs for you, to share with potential employers when you apply for a job”. In May, X Corp acquired a tech recruiting service called Laskie, according to reports.
The new privacy policy will come into force 29 September:
It states: “We may collect and use your personal information (such as your employment history, educational history, employment preferences, skills and abilities, job search activity and engagement, and so on) to recommend potential jobs for you, to share with potential employers when you apply for a job, to enable employers to find potential candidates, and to show you more relevant advertising.”
According to X, the collection of biometric data — a term which covers data relating to a person’s physical attributes such as a facial scan or fingerprint — is for X Premium users.
The company says: “X will give the option to provide their government ID, combined with a selfie, to add a verification layer.”
It continues: “Biometric data may be extracted from both the government ID and the selfie image for matching purposes. This will additionally help us tie, for those that choose, an account to a real person by processing their government-issued ID. This will also help X fight impersonation attempts and make the platform more secure.”
TikTok already collects biometric data in the United States.
Musk has an ambition to turn X into an “everything app”, a one-stop-shop for various only services, as part of that, the addition of extra features and extra updates to the privacy policy to enable them.
Liberty Vittert from Washington University in St Louis said the move is in line with X’s attempt to establish “more targeted and individual experiences for users” and rival platforms such as LinkedIn.
But she also said the shift was one users “should absolutely be wary of”, warning it could be misused by employers in ways such as using tweets, retweets or accounts followed to make decisions about a job.
Must says this is optional and only done with your consent.
But for how long will it remain ‘optional’ for?
Signing into the Australian government’s myGov app with a digital identity is optional, for now.
We all know exactly where that is leading.
Based on Musk’s real ambitions behind the scenes, there are no guarantees a service like X won’t also follow this path. This slow biometric creep should be watched, especially due to his other ventures.
Do you trust ‘Mr. Transhumanism’ to keep this optional and with consent?
For greater context, let’s take a look now at how X has held up for privacy matters under Musk to-date, and his controversial activities outside of the social media company.
FISHY BUSINESS
Many people have fallen for the ‘Musk effect’, with truthers flocking to this subscription service.
But just how much do they pay attention to what X is doing behind Elon’s character rhetoric?
According to reports, Twitter has fully complied with more than 80% of government and courts’ requests to remove or alter content since Elon Musk bought the company.
This is up from around 50% before he took over.
Yes, contrary to belief, Twitter is now a more censored place with more isolated bubbles.
Wonder why your feed has gotten so ‘good’? Because you have been shielded inside of a Twitter bubble with others who express/share the same viewpoints.
These algorithms have been carefully shaped through the “Freedom of Speech, Not Reach” policy.
All of these changes have quickly begun soon after Musk officially announced the appointment of Linda Yaccarino as Twitter CEO.
This was followed by a wave of skepticism from users taking issue with Yaccarino’s involvement in the World Economic Forum, as well as her work as advertising chief at NBCUniversal.
Some also spoke out about her previous comments praising NBC’s efforts on diversity and social justice, and her stances in favour of masks and vaccines during the pandemic.
Are all of these new policies after an appointment just a ‘coincidence’?
Then again, Musk was also in support of these things before taking over Twitter.
He quickly changed his tone when becoming the head of Twitter and creating a new character that seems to be centered around ‘truth’ (only to a certain point; a gatekeeper in the literal sense).
Because his new character goes against everything else he is doing outside of social media.
Let’s not forget that Neuralink, Elon’s company, will soon launch human clinical trials for implanted brain microchips after being granted FDA approval to do so.
Musk is at the forefront of the post-human agenda, not only scaring the populous of a coming ‘robot apocalypse’ if action isn’t taken.. but he wants us to become the robots to avoid this disaster.
He claims to be against AI and wants a ‘pause’ on what is a controversial and dangerous technology, yet just last month, Musk founded a new AI company to “understand the true natures of the universe”.
As part of the dehumanization agenda, humans must see themselves as a ‘stepping stone’ for the transhuman, and only technology can uncover the mysteries of reality, not the human mind or soul.
So what is really going on here?
We have seen many awake individuals flock to his new subscriptions service: What a better way to get the details of everyone into a large database than through this method.
Are they using a Clearview AI type of data collection system?
Clearly Elon will comply with most requests for this data, which should be an immediate red flag.
I only go on Twitter these days to retweet awesome people sharing TOTT News articles, but other than that, this website is perhaps the most curated social media site in the world.
Now with the world’s richest AI enthusiast at the realm.
Stay vigilant out there, folks!
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Musk is clearly controlled opposition, just another front-man for these technocratic control freaks that wish to enslave us all! I’m glad I got off social media several years ago and when you consider this “optional” ID verification for premium users, which will no doubt become mandatory for all users in a few years time, if not sooner! I see no reason no reason to return Musk’s X platform anytime soon!
Don’t trust Musk, changes his tune to suit whatever his interests lie in the moment. Power is going to his head. Any links to WEF cannot be trusted. Never used Twitter (X), never will. Using biometrics to collect data is another money maker.