No, the NFL isn’t using facial recognition software to monitor fans

No, the NFL isn’t using facial recognition software to monitor fans

No, the NFL isn’t using facial recognition software to monitor fans

Dallas – On social media, false information can

proliferate rapidly. There were several reports

over the weekend claiming that the NFL and the

Cowboys would monitor spectators using facial

recognition technology. Thousands of people

shared the erroneous posts. Only 24 people

shared the NFL PR representative’s truthful

tweet. It addresses the broader discussion

concerning disinformation and how it shapes

people’s opinions on touchy subjects. In addition

to discussing Dak Prescott and the Cowboys’

training camp in Oxnard, social media users

were discussing a tweet that said the NFL and the

Cowboys planned to using facial recognition

technology on spectators. The problem is–hat’s

not true. The false post was shared thousands of

times and reached 8 million users.  “It’s not, ‘The

pope endorses Donald Trump.’ But it’s something

that has been taken out of context,” said Jennifer

Allen, a postdoctoral researcher at Penn State.

“This fan cam that’s been taken out of context

and presented as something nefarious, facial

recognition that then is able to gain a lot of

traction without kind of all this background

context on social media.” The fan cam video is

nothing new. The Cowboys and other sports

franchises allow fans to go online, pick a game

date and locate and tag themselves. But in this

case, it was used out of context

“So the correction might be out there, but it

doesn’t actually reach the people who need to see

it,” Allen explained. In 2025, Allen will be an

instructor at NYU. She claims to have witnessed

similar warped narratives in the past. It’s not as

though these tales never occurred. Perhaps there

is a shred of truth. However, the context is

missing,” she remarked. “This kind of misleading

framing is super harmful and even potentially

more harmful in many cases than the kind of

most outright fake false stuff.”Through his

research, Allen disproved the myth that

COVID-19 immunizations cause uncommon

deaths. She cites Elon Musk, the owner of the

platform, as evidence that we will witness more

exaggerated and inaccurate statements on social

media platforms like X. “I believe he once shared

a narrative about Kamala Harris that was first

shared as a spoof video, in which Kamala

Harris’s voice seems somewhat false. However,

Allen claimed that he is basically reposting it and

stating, “Look how crazy she is.” “And so stories

like this where it’s really kind of misinformation

coming from the top, it’s misleading stories

coming from really influential figures is what I

am kind of most worried about leading up to the

election.” Although it might appear simple, Allen

suggests you make sure to consume information

from reputable sources.

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