General Article Big tech firms profit from disorder. Don’t let them use these riots to push for more surveillance

Topic Selected: Protecting Our Privacy Book Volume: 451

Live facial recognition can seem like a solution to criminality. But it magnifies injustice, and violates our civil liberties.

By Shami Chakrabarti

Far-right riots may not be the calmest moment for a reasoned debate about the regulation of big tech, but the eruption of racist violence in England and Northern Ireland raises urgent questions about the responsibilities of social media companies, and how the police use facial recognition technology. While social media isn’t the root of these riot...

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