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Media Notice: Entertainment Systems and Airlines

media notice: All four airlines said that they have never activated the cameras and have no plans to use them, according to CTV. However, companies that make the entertainment systems are installing cameras to offer future options such as seat-to-seat video conferencing, according to an American Airlines spokesman. Newer seat-back entertainment systems on some airplanes operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and Singapore Airlines have cameras, and it's likely they are also on planes used by other carriers. A passenger on a Singapore flight posted a photo of the seat-back display last week, and the tweet was shared several hundred times and drew media notice. A United spokeswoman repeatedly told a reporter Friday that none of its entertainment systems had cameras before apologizing and saying that some did. Buzzfeed first reported that the cameras are also on some American planes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.