On London’s streets, facial recognition tests the balance between security and liberty
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On London’s streets, facial recognition tests the balance between security and liberty
Britain has long been one of the world's heaviest users of CCTV cameras in public spaces, and Londoners can be caught on film up to several hundred times a day.
London expands the use of real-time facial recognition technology, considered by the police to be a revolutionary tool against crime, but criticized by activists as a form of mass surveillance, Reuters reports.
On London's streets, facial recognition tests the balance between security and liberty
The operation was an example of a technology the Metropolitan Police say is transforming policing, helping officers arrest around 2,500 wanted people since the start of 2024, including suspects accused of violent and sexual offences.
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