Red Rocks Amphitheater will no longer use Amazon's palm-scanning tech
"We haven't been in contact with Amazon in several months and this isn't a planned activation at Red Rocks," Denver Arts and Venues marketing and communications director Brian Kitts wrote in an email
."I'm not sure what the future of this technology is, but at this point it doesn't involve our venues."in September that it was expanding the tech beyond its stores for the first time at Red Rocks and other venues, including sports stadiums. Hundreds of artists, activists and human rights groups called on Red Rocks, its ticketing provider AXS and AXS parent AEG to drop the technology and to ban all biometric surveillance at their venues.
“Red Rocks’ decision to abandon Amazon palm scanning puts the venue on the right side of history, as a defender of human rights and the privacy of music fans," Fight for the Future campaigner Leila Nashashibi said."Other venues should similarly listen to the hundreds of artists, organizations and fans who don’t see this technology as “convenient” but recognize it as a tool of corporate surveillance and super-charged state violence.
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