Facial recognition
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Facial recognition technology is being used by police and private companies in publicly accessible places. It breaches everyone’s human rights, discriminates against people of colour and is unlawful. It’s time to ban it.
What’s happening?
Several police forces have used live facial recognition surveillance technology in public spaces since 2015, scanning millions of people’s faces.
In 2020, Liberty client Ed Bridges won the world’s first legal challenge to police use of the tech. The Court sa...
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