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British Transport Police Facial Recognition Trial Scanned 926,912 People With Zero Arrests
Half a million faces scanned, one false alert, and still the experiment got an encore.
Khan Approves Oxford Street Live Facial Recognition
Permanent cameras are coming to Britain's busiest shopping street, and the only real disagreement is about which crowds should be scanned first.
Police Launch Live Facial Recognition Trial at London Subway Stations
Victoria Station handles a crowd the size of a small city every morning. The trial runs four months.
London Police Crack the Case of the Three Polite Emails
Mark Rowley says the Met dropped the ball on its 4-month harassment case against reporter Jack Grove.
Britain Decides Viral Protest Clips Need Prosecutors
Your chant at a march is now judged not by the crowd around you but by how a stranger might feel watching a clip of it online.
“Nothing to Fear” Is Back: The UK High Court Clears Way for Police Facial Recognition
The policy that turns every Oxford Street shopper into a biometric template just got the judicial nod its architects were waiting for.
The Cameras Were the Goal Not the Solution
London’s clean-air campaign was surveillance infrastructure from the moment the cameras switched on.
London Is the Testing Lab for Big Brother Mass Facial Scanning Tech
The Met’s facial recognition push is less about precision than about normalizing a future where being watched is just part of walking down the street.
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Acquisition of AI Surveillance Firm Signals Major Expansion of Real-Time City-Wide Monitoring
A greater access to resources means a faster rollout of controversial surveillance technology in major cities.
Londoners Push Back Against Invasive Traffic CCTV Designed to Enforce “Low Emission Zones”
The cameras are being covered up and even vandalized.
Researchers Develop AI for Monitoring Real-Time Behavior of Citizens in Cities
Monitoring behaviors.
Oversight Board Tells Meta to Stop Complying With Police Requests to Censor Rap Music
Meta gives a heavy weight to police requests, even when it’s to stifle creative expression.
