Facial Recognition Arrives at London Railway Stations for New Trial
TfL said the pilot will target people on police watchlists for serious offences, with non-matches deleted immediately and alerts reviewed by officers.
- On Tuesday, the British Transport Police and Transport for London launched a Live Facial Recognition trial at Victoria Underground station to identify individuals wanted for serious offences including sexual crimes and robbery.
- Recent TfL research found that 77 per cent of girls surveyed experienced unwanted sexual behaviour on public transport, making tackling sexual violence and harassment a "key priority" for the transport authority.
- The BTP previously deployed the technology 18 times across London train stations, scanning more than 530,000 faces with zero true matches and one false identification, while non-matching images are "automatically and immediately deleted."
- Passengers can make "informed choices about passing through" monitored areas with "alternative routes available," while Deputy Mayor Kaya Comer-Schwartz expressed support, saying the technology helps "protect our communities."
- Big Brother Watch criticized the expansion as "dystopian," arguing it "treats the public like suspects" and infringes on civil liberties, despite BTP claims that facial recognition deters and identifies wanted criminals.
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Brit rail cops bring live facial recognition to the London Underground
British Transport Police is expanding its trial of live facial recognition (LFR) to the London Underground, despite concerns about privacy and mistaken identification. The force, which polices railways across England, Scotland, and Wales, will begin its Tube deployments at Victoria Underground station. The cameras will then rotate between Underground and Network Rail stations until the trial ends in November. The trial began at London Bridge rai…
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Facial recognition systems are expanding to the London UndergroundBritish Transport Police say images will be checked against a watchlistPrivacy groups are calling the technology intrusiveThe debate over public surveillance and privacy is only getting more intense, with the British Transport Police (BTP) the latest organization to stoke the fires: it's expanding a trial of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology across several London Undergroun…
Police to trial live facial recognition cameras at London Tube stations
The technology will be used to identify people on a police watchlist to help catch "high harm" offenders, such as those wanted for sexual offences, robbery and knife crime, with the first deployment at Victoria station
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