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How the National Security State Is Using Coronavirus to Push AI-Driven Mass Surveillance
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-21
Last year a government commission called for the US to adopt an AI-driven mass surveillance system far beyond that used in any other country. Now, many of the "obstacles" cited as preventing its implementation are being removed under the guise of combating coronavirus.
mintpressnews.com/national-security-state-using-coronavirus-push-artificial-intelligence-driven-mass-surveillance/266820/

No confirmation needed? CNN fans rumors about Kim Jong-un's alleged health issues, reports he's in 'grave danger' after 'surgery'
rt.com | 2020-04-21
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is extremely unwell after undergoing surgery, CNN reported, citing a nameless US government source. Rumors of Kim's alleged health scare have been dismissed by both Seoul and Beijing, however. | "The US is monitoring intelligence that North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, is in grave danger after a surgery, according to a US official with direct knowledge," CNN's Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto reported on Monday evening. | The scoop came as Daily NK, a Seoul-based outlet, reported that Kim had undergone a "cardiovascular surgical procedure" on April 12 and is bel…
rt.com/news/486390-kim-north-korea-surgery-cnn/

Keir Starmer's links with an intelligence chief add to his controversies as DPP
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2020-04-19
CORRECTION: This article originally stated that Keir Starmer was the UK's director of public prosecutions (DPP). In fact, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) operates across England and Wales, not the whole of the UK. The article was corrected at 10.45am on 20 April. We have also clarified that the DPP is head of the CPS, rather than having oversight of it. | More information is emerging about Labour's new leader Keir Starmer. Before entering politics he was the director of public prosecutions (DPP). During his tenure as DPP he made several controversial rulings. | Now new evidence has emerged linking him with a…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/04/19/keir-starmers-links-with-an-intelligence-chief-add-to-his-controversies-as-dpp/

Intelligence Agencies Fail to Protect us from Pandemic
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-17
With millions forced out of work and many more stuck at home, Canadians need to ask tough questions of organizations receiving billions of dollars to protect them from foreign threats. The country's intelligence/security sector has done little to respond to the ongoing social and economic calamity. Even worse, their thinking and practices are an obstacle …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/intelligence-agencies-fail-to-protect-us-from-pandemic/

Skin Cancer Detection Apps Unreliable
Abbasi J. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-14
Smartphone apps that use artificial intelligence to assess skin cancer risk based on images of suspicious moles aren't ready for prime time, a recent systematic review in the BMJ suggests. The 9 studies included in the review "showed variable and unreliable test accuracy" for 6 such apps, 2 of which are approved by European regulators as medical devices.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764438