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.
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Jasleen Chaggar: The Conservatives forget civil liberties in their call to mandate facial recognition checks
Jasleen Chaggar is a Senior Legal and Policy Officer at Big Brother Watch. Margaret Thatcher’s Home Secretary “Willie” Whitelaw recognised that the powers we give to the police must be balanced with safeguards to protect individual liberty. He told the House of Commons that “it is possible to achieve order at too high a price in terms of freedom.” His is an instinct that seems to have been forgotten by today’s Shadow Cabinet. Earlier this week, …
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