Under the plans, 10 live facial recognition (LFR) vans will be used by seven forces across England to help identify “sex offenders or people wanted for the most serious crimes”, according to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.
The tech, which has been trialled in London and south Wales, will be subject to strict rules, the Home Office said, but human rights groups have warned it is “dangerous and discriminatory”.
Amnesty International UK said the plans should be “immediately scrapped”, with facial recognition proven to be “discriminatory against communities of colour”.
I really appreciate how Amnesty keeps turning up everywhere it matters, not just the obvious places like Palestine, or repeated offenders like Russia and China but also Europe and US/Latin America. You could easily think they would be too busy with other places in the world where human rights are violeted more, but no - they stick their head out everywhere. Props to them. This is really the beginning of something much worse.