Why do you try so hard to be a sheeple for the right like you repeatedly demonstrate? Why do you enjoy being duped over and over and over? Does trying to be the stupidest moron in the room some sort of achievement you aspire to?
The Washington Times appeared to retract an article claiming that a facial recognition company identified members of the left-wing antifa movement that the paper said infiltrated a group of Pr…
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The Washington Times appeared to retract an article claiming that a facial recognition company identified members of the left-wing antifa movement that the paper said infiltrated a group of
President Trump's supporters that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
The company, XRVision, demanded the article be taken down and alleged that it was completely false, according to an email statement sent to The Hill. The article appeared to be taken down Thursday afternoon.
The article, which was published Wednesday, alleged that XRVision performed a facial recognition of protesters and matched “two Philadelphia Antifa members to two men inside the Senate.”
One man allegedly had a tattoo indicating he is a “Stalinist sympathizer,” the article claimed. The article also said another man identified “shows up at climate and Black Lives Matter protests in the West” but said that he had no known links to antifa.
The article went viral as the riot progressed. When the House reconvened after the siege, Rep.
Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), a staunch supporter of Trump, gave a fiery floor speech in which specifically
cited the Times's article.
Prior to the article being taken down, XRVision told The Hill in a statement that the analysis actually identified two members of neo-Nazi organizations and an actor with “QAnon promotion history.” No identification associated with antifa was made with any of them.
When asked if the company was aware that the article was taken down, the attorney said it was unaware, but “unfortunately, the damage has already been done.”
The Washington Times told The Hill on Thursday evening that the story was re-uploaded with the following correction: "An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that XRVision facial recognition software identified Antifa members among rioters who stormed the Capitol Wednesday. XRVision did not identify any Antifa members. The Washington Times apologizes to XRVision for the error."
The new version of the story instead cites "other evidence" that antifa members were at the riot, including a "day-after account from a law enforcement source" claiming that professional protesters were posing as "Trumpers."
Violence roiled the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 as supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the building, some waving Tru
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A news outlet that reported that a facial recognition company identified members of Antifa among the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol has now apologised and issued a correction. Screenshots featuring the original report, however, continue to circulate on social media.
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