Tony Simone
Role at the time: New York state assemblymember
Condemned
Statement summary
Simone condemns excluding perceived legal adversaries rather than security risks and demands an end to the policy.
“The use of facial recognition technology by MSG Entertainment to ban members of the public, not for safety reasons, but as perceived legal adversaries is incredibly disturbing ... Any policies that bar members of the public for non-safety reasons must cease immediately.”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)New York officials and privacy advocates oppose MSG's facial-recognition exclusionsStatements by Gonzalez, Krueger, Simone and Fox Cahn
A state Senate release quotes lawmakers and S.T.O.P. opposing the exclusion of attorneys based on their employers' litigation. It includes requests for privacy safeguards and scrutiny of public benefits.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Reference point: MSG's policy of excluding lawyers at firms suing it. Simone calls banning perceived legal adversaries, rather than safety risks, disturbing and says such policies must stop. Minimized loses because Simone does not downplay the policy in any way.