Every police force in the country is using dangerous facial recognition technology that enables them to ID and track any one of us. We urgently need safeguards to protect us from abuse of this powerful tech.
After years of high-profile scandals involving violent, racist and sexist police forces in the UK, trust in officers is at an all-time low. This is dangerous tech and the Government must prioritise putting strict measures in place to protect us all.
The police should be banned from using live facial recognition technology on the public. But at the very least, we need laws to ensure:
- facial recognition is not used without independent sign-off from a judge
- no one is added to a police watchlist unless they are reasonably suspected of a serious crime
- facial recognition is never used to identify journalists and their sources, whistleblowers, protesters, and anyone in or around polling stations.
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