OPPOSE FACIAL RECOGNITION
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:
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live facial recognition is not used without independent sign-off
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police can only use live facial recognition to:
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search for missing persons or victims of abduction, human trafficking and sexual exploitation
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prevent an imminent threat to life or people’s safety
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search for people suspected of committing a serious criminal offence
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facial recognition watchlists only contain images strictly relevant to the purposes above
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police give the public at least 14-days advance warning of live facial recognition deployments
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