Madison Sq Garden database tracks hundreds. Labels "LGBTQIA," & low/high "risk." (wired.com)

Related:

Madison Square Garden compiled a list of activists against facial recognition

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48644781

MSG database stands for "Madison square garden database", not "Message database". I think the title should be updated to avoid confusion.

When I worked in IT for the US congress (2012) the internal system that tracks constituents does the same thing. All offices uses it. "Black folks" was the most glaring odd label that I saw.

Joe Rogan's Comedy Mothership does something similar[1]. The worst part about these systems is that the lack of accountability and appeals process. If you end up on the "bad" list, you're banned and probably SOL.

[1] https://www.cracked.com/article_38944_joe-rogans-comedy-club...

This is risk scores for celebrities looking for free tickets. Does anyone really care?

Is this a hate crime? It might literally be illegal in New York. Maybe they're undeserving of their millions of dollars of tax breaks.

It's for the cameraman to know where to point during live and taped events.