gizmodo.com,
Tue 09/20:
Advocacy Groups Demand Amazon, MGM Cancel Creepy 'Ring Nation' Surveillance Reality Show
40 privacy and racial justice groups signed an open letter demanding MGM Studios cancel Ring Nation, a dystopian reality television show based on security footage captured from Ring home cameras. Advertisement
“MGM and others affiliated with the show are hiding behind the concept of consent in order to rationalize airing Ring Nation,” the groups wrote. “ If you live in densely populated areas with Ring cameras you probably already understand this experience all too well. The deal’s already managed to draw the attention of Federal Trade Commission regulators. Advertisement
Activist groups, including several who signed the Tuesday letter calling for Ring Nation’s cancellation, want to see the FTC launch similar probes into Amazon’s other pending acquisitions. More than two dozen groups signed a letter earlier this month calling on the agency to block Amazon’s more recent $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot.
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