Surveillance system reveals and leads to banishment of fan for voicing criticism against Madison Square Garden's CEO
Madison Square Garden (MSG) has been under scrutiny for its alleged blacklisting of individuals critical of its CEO, James Dolan. According to reports, the list includes thousands of lawyers from as many as 90 firms involved in litigation against Dolan and MSG.
The enforcement of Dolan's bans at MSG appears to stem from facial recognition technology and potential social media surveillance. The venue has been equipped with facial recognition tools since 2018, which are used to identify potential security threats. However, it seems that surveillance beyond facial recognition technology is also at play.
The incident that led to the ban of a person named Frank Miller allegedly involved a t-shirt he designed. The t-shirt, in the style of the Knicks logo, read "Ban Dolan". A friend of Miller's wore this t-shirt to MSG in 2021 and was kicked out and banned from the venue for it.
This is not the first time MSG has been used to keep people critical of Dolan out of the space. In 2017, Charles Oakley, a former Knicks staple, was forcibly removed from MSG, allegedly at the behest of James Dolan. Oakley had been publicly critical of Dolan.
It is also alleged that social media voices critical of Dolan are being put in the system to keep them out of future events. This has led to critical fans of Dolan on social media reporting difficulty getting past security to attend shows and games.
In 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James opened an inquiry into Dolan's alleged blacklist of enemies. However, there is no public record or credible report of Frank Miller, the well-known comic book writer and artist, being banned from MSG despite not attending the venue in over a decade.
If more context or additional details about this claim or a different Frank Miller are provided, further investigation may be possible. For now, it appears that the premise of the question may be incorrect or unsubstantiated in publicly available sources.
- The blacklisting issue at Madison Square Garden (MSG) has led to speculations about the use of tech for surveillance beyond facial recognition, allegedly targeting critics of MSG's CEO, James Dolan, even extending to social media voices.
- Gizmodo reported that the Venue's tech devices, such as facial recognition tools, have been employed since 2018, but it seems an unconfirmed practice of monitoring social media to keep critics out of future events might also be in place.
- Despite claims suggesting that famous comic book writer and artist, Frank Miller, was banned from MSG, no public record or credible report supports this notion, as he hasn't attended the venue in over a decade.
