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Facial recognition to be 'rolled out' across UK after human rights challenge fails
Judges said the policy gives Londoners reasonable notice of when the cameras will be used and found no breach of human rights.
- On Tuesday, the High Court dismissed a legal challenge against the Metropolitan Police's use of Live Facial Recognition technology in London, ruling the policy complies with human rights law and contains necessary safeguards.
- Youth worker Shaun Thompson and Silkie Carlo of Big Brother Watch brought the claim, arguing LFR could be used arbitrarily or discriminatorily, after Thompson was misidentified by the system outside London Bridge Tube station.
- Representing the Met, Anya Proops KC argued that locating suspects is "akin to looking for stray needles in an enormous, exceptionally dense haystack." Lord Justice Holgate and Mrs Justice Farbey ruled the policy provides adequate indication of LFR use circumstances.
- Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley welcomed the ruling as a "significant and important victory for public safety," while Carlo and Thompson described it as "disappointing" and pledged to appeal the decision.
- Plans set out by the Home Office in January will increase LFR vans from 10 to 50, making them available to all forces, as the Met used the technology 231 times last year scanning around 4 million faces.
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Pair lose court battle against police over use of live facial recognition technology
Youth worker Shaun Thompson and Silkie Carlo of campaign group Big Brother Watch, voiced concerns that LFR could be used arbitrarily or in a discriminatory manner across London
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