UK Minister for Policing Chris Philp encourages the police to double its use of retrospective facial recognition software by May 2024 to track down offenders
The Guardian
Context & Ripple Effects
This is an operational push within a broader UK plan to expand police use of AI-based facial-recognition systems, including potential new biometric deployments over the following 12 to 18 months. The earlier expansion plan provides the policy backdrop for a specific retrospective-search target.
The move matters because it shifts facial recognition from limited trials toward a measurable policing workflow. Later coverage of sharply increased London deployments showed how quickly use could scale, while concerns over searches of driving-licence records highlighted the governance stakes. [[a:847554|
I have no problem with face recognition being used retrospectively to identify suspects (as long as a conviction relies on more evidence than just a match) but live mass facial recognition makes me incredibly uneasy alongside the crackdown on protests we've seen in the UK lately.…
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“UK police urged to double use of facial recognition software Policing minister Chris Philp suggests target of more than 200,000 searches over next six months” Tory playbook has ‘dystopia’ stamped in huge letters across every page. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
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What??? Even putting aside great concerns about civil liberties, it still doesn't work properly! https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
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