Will COVID-19 open door for AI expansion and mass surveillance?
President Trump signed a nearly $500 billion COVID-19 relief bill into law for hospitals, testing and small businesses. RT America’s Trinity Chavez reports. A multiparty coalition of MPs are calling on UK Parliament to include universal basic income as part of a post-pandemic plan to avert economic catastrophe Meanwhile, EU negotiator Michel Barnier is criticizing the UK for setting “unrealistic deadlines and demands” for a post-Brexit deal. Former UK MP George Galloway joins to discuss. A federal judge ruled in favor of the Baltimore Police Department after they were sued by the ACLU over the launch of their aerial surveillance program. As a result, the camera-equipped planes could take to the sky as early as next week. RT America’s Rachel Blevins has the details. Will COVID-19 lead the way for the US government to expand AI technology innovation and mass surveillance? Host of “Boom Bust” and investigative journalist Ben Swann breaks it all down.