Live facial recognition cameras may become 'commonplace' as police use soars
a year ago
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- Live facial recognition cameras are becoming more common in England and Wales, with nearly 5 million faces scanned last year.
- Police forces are increasing their use of both live and retrospective facial recognition technologies, with significant funding and hardware investments.
- The technology is being deployed in public spaces like city centers and transport hubs, despite lacking specific parliamentary legislation.
- Concerns exist about the self-regulation of facial recognition use, including past settings that misidentified black people disproportionately.
- A new national facial recognition system, the Strategic Facial Matcher, is being developed to search multiple databases.
- Public support for facial recognition is high, with surveys showing 80% of Londoners in favor.
- The technology has aided in arrests, including cases involving registered sex offenders.
- The Metropolitan Police is using settings to avoid bias in misidentification related to gender or ethnicity.
- Questions remain about the regulation, testing, and ethical use of AI and facial recognition technologies in law enforcement.