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United Kingdom: In London, facial recognition is used by the police
United Kingdom: In London, facial recognition is used by the police
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On the streets of the English capital, Scotland Yard sets up trucks equipped with cameras. Thanks to facial recognition, police keep track of suspects on file.
In London (United Kingdom), white trucks from Scotland Yard, with their cameras, analyze the features of each passing pedestrian. Passers-by are divided by this effort. Some take detours to avoid the cameras, with posters warning of activity going on. A man raises the alarm: He allegedly violated the terms of his parole. That day, police arrested four people within two hours using facial recognition.
Privacy Concerned Associations
The European Parliament wants to ban the use of live facial recognition in public, but British police are accelerating its development. The tool will be used four times a week in London from January 2024. Some associations decry the impact on privacy and the lack of transparency. Since the start of the year, nearly 100,000 faces have been scanned in the English capital, leading to 300 arrests, including ten mistaken identity cases.
In our resources:
Metropolitan Police, Record of live facial recognition deployments in London from 2023 (in English)
Big Brother Watch Society
An incomplete list.
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