How does live facial recognition work and how many UK police forces use it?
Technology has been deployed since 2020 in London, leading to concerns over data privacy and racial bias AI facial recognition oversight lagging far behind technology, watchdogs warn Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition The Labour government thinks facial recognition technology is “the biggest breakthrough for catching criminals since DNA matching”. It wants all police forces to use it and recently announced 40 new vans rigged with live facial recognition cameras to be deployed in town centres across England and Wales. Supporters say it streamlines p…
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