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Conservatives Call For Greater Use Of Facial Recognition From Police
Critics warn the plan could put millions of innocent people into police searches and raise the risk of wrongful arrests, Big Brother Watch said.
Summary
The Conservatives have called for the greater use of facial recognition technology to investigate crimes. Shadow home secretary Chris Philp wants to make it a requirement for officers to run images of suspects through facial recognition software, where they have been captured on CCTV, mobile phones or camera doorbells.