Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities
Madison Square Garden has been revealed to maintain a database that assigns risk scores to celebrities and VIPs. The system tracks prominent figures, including those who have publicly criticized the organization's management.
Why it matters
This raises significant privacy and ethical concerns regarding how private corporations monitor and categorize public figures based on their personal opinions or social media activity.
“Shoutout to Mr. Dolan, greatest team owner in the game,” he told reporters at the time. “They villainize Mr. Dolan, like, almost like a Bruce Wayne, like a Batman movie and this is Gotham City … This man takes care of us.”
The article reports on leaked documents and corporate practices without taking a strong political stance, focusing on the implications of surveillance.
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