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Facial recognition cameras to be used again in Suffolk towns

BBC · · International · Surveillance & Civil Liberties

Facial recognition cameras are set to be deployed again in towns across Suffolk, England, marking a return of live biometric surveillance in public spaces.

Why this matters: Every person who walks through these towns becomes part of a biometric scan they never agreed to. Facial recognition is not a neutral tool. It identifies people in real time, logs who was where, and can flag someone based on a database match they have no way to contest. Suffolk residents did not vote for this. The accountability question is simple: who decides when this runs, what happens to the data, and what recourse does someone have when they are wrongly flagged?

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