Its pretty clear that the use of facial recognition technologies (both by the police & by retailers and other private organisations) is galloping ahead.... while regulation is lagging severely, leaving little recourse to people caught up in wrong identifications (down-played by those deploying the technology).
Given the UK's already high use of CCTV, the 'surveillance society' is already 'Orwellian' & this technology compounds that effect.
#FacialRecognition #politics
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/may/03/ai-facial-recognition-oversight-lagging-far-behind-technology-watchdogs-warn
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