The Surveillance State Comes for the Stars: Taylor Swift's Secret Wedding Exposed the Dark Side of Madison Square Garden The recent "secret" wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden has shed light on a disturbing trend: the exploitation of high tech surveillance by event hosts to monitor and control their guests.
While Swift and her team successfully kept the details of their private ceremony under wraps, revelations about MSG Entertainment's invasive practices are a stark reminder that even in public spaces, personal lives can be subject to scrutiny.
Madison Square Garden has been using facial recognition technology for years, but it's only recently come to light that this tool is being used not just for security purposes, but also to identify and intimidate individuals deemed "high risk.