Doubts Cast over Success of Met Police’s Live Facial Recognition Technology

Notting Hill Carnival faces calls to scrap facial recognition cameras over concerns they are 'too racially biased'

Civil rights and anti-racism organisations have urged Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley to abandon proposals for live facial recognition technology at the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival

Doubts cast over success of Met Police’s Live Facial Recognition technology

Critics have branded the use of LFR, which maps a person's unique facial features, and matches them against faces on watchlists, as an 'erosion of civil liberties'

Facial recognition cameras mistook me for a wanted man – I worry who’ll be next

Shaun Thompson was wrongly identified as a criminal by new police cameras. Here, he explains why, if this technology is rolled out across the country, or is used at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival, as planned, such injustices will disproportionately affect Black people

UK ICO Considers Application of Data Protection Law to Live Facial Recognition Technology

On August 13, 2025, the UK ICO published guidance on how data protection principles apply to live facial recognition technology when used by law enforcement.Continue Reading ›

Concerns raised over Met's decision to double use of facial recognition technology

Critics have branded the technology as an “erosion of civil liberties”, reports Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter New Scotland Yard and (inset) Zoe Garbett The Metropolitan Police must re-evaluate the supposed success of live facial recognition (LFR) technology before it is used increasingly in London and rolled out across England, the force has been told. London Assembly members have raised concerns about the Met’s decision to more than d…

Met Police and Home Office accused of rushing facial recognition expansion in London

The Metropolitan Police must reevaluate the supposed success of live facial recognition (LFR) technology before it is used increasingly in London and