Thread by @BenWinslow

I posted this while I was in the DABC meeting, but @DougallForUtah's audit of the very controversial Banjo contract that @UtahAG had is now out.

It found that Banjo's claims of AI surveillance didn't exactly match up with reality: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah

.@FrugalDougall's audit found that @UtahAG "should have verified these claims before issuing a significant contract and recommending public safety entities to cooperate and open their systems to Banjo."

fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah

"The touted example of the system assisting in 'solving' a simulated child abduction was not validated by [ @UtahAG ] and was simply accepted based on Banjo’s representation," @FrugalDougall wrote: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah

Banjo's AI tech wasn't all that (as the company claimed), @FrugalDougall says, so a lot of personal info wasn't exactly swept up: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah

.@fox13 first reported on Banjo and its ties to the @UtahAG back in 2019, when they sought more $$ from the #utleg.

That turned into A THING when Republicans and Democrats united against it. The House Majority Leader called it "North Korea-esque." fox13now.com/news/local-new… #utpol

Last year, @SenatorLuz confirmed to me they quietly cut funding to Banjo as @FrugalDougall did his audits: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah

Earlier this year, @votegibson passed a law to provide for a statewide "privacy officer" to protect consumer data privacy: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah

If you want to read @FrugalDougall's audit of Banjo and @UtahAG's response to it, I've posted it here.

It's quite the spicy read: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah