Police use of live facial recognition unlawful and unethical

27/10/2022 | The Guardian

A new report published by the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at the University of Cambridge argues police should be barred from using live facial recognition technology in public spaces such as streets and airports. The study examined three separate deployments, one by the Metropolitan Police and two by South Wales police. Evani Radiya-Dixit, the report's author, said: "We find that all three of these deployments fail to meet the minimum ethical and legal standards based on our research on police use of facial recognition."

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