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How does live facial recognition work and how many UK police forces use it?

The Guardian — Privacy · · International · Surveillance & Civil Liberties

Live facial recognition has been used by UK police since 2020, primarily in London, and the current Labour government is now pushing for nationwide adoption, including 40 new camera-equipped vans for deployment across England and Wales town centres.

Why this matters: Mass deployment of always-on facial recognition in public spaces means ordinary people are effectively subject to biometric surveillance without consent, raising due-process concerns — particularly given documented risks of misidentification that fall disproportionately on minority communities.

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