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Madison Square Garden Has Been Secretly Tracking Queer Musicians | Pitchfork

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The venue’s database also assigned a “high risk” label to Freddie Gibbs, Lil Jon, and other rappers

Madison Square Garden’s current on-site technology includes cameras that scan for facial recognition, allowing the arena to track every person who enters the building. But according to a recent Wired report, the historic New York City venue is keeping a far more extensive database on celebrities than previously known, with entries noting a supposed risk level, and, in some cases, an individual’s sexual orientation and racial identity. Among those listed are Phoebe Bridgers, Freddie Gibbs, and Geese’s Emily Green. Wired journalists Noah Shachtman and Maddy Varner combed through Madison…

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