Met Police defend use of facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival but not Tommy Robinson rally

UK Police Chief Hails Facial Recognition, Outlines Drone and AI Policing Plans

By Ken Macon Any face in the crowd can be caught in the dragnet of a digital police state. The steady spread of facial recognition technology onto Britain’s streets is drawing alarm from those who see it as a step toward mass surveillance, even as police leaders celebrate it as a powerful new weapon against crime. Live Facial Recognition (LFR) is a system that scans people’s faces in public spaces and compares them against watchlists. Civil lib…

Met chief reveals why facial recognition was not used at Tommy Robinson protest

Live facial recognition has been used in more than 700 arrests this year

Met chief: Why facial scanning was not used at Robinson rally

Sir Mark Rowley says the Met has not yet used live facial recognition technology at any protest.

Met Police defend use of facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival but not Tommy Robinson rally

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said Live Facial Recognition will only be used if there is an "intelligence basis to do so"

Met Police boss explains decision to not use facial recognition at far-right protest

The force had recently deployed facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival but denies accusations of double standards, reports Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter New Scotland Yard, home of the Met Police The Metropolitan Police has defended its decision not to use live facial recognition (LFR) technology at a Tommy Robinson-led rally only weeks after deploying it at Notting Hill Carnival. Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said LFR had not been …