Dozens of cross-party MPs and peers have joined a campaign for an “immediate stop” to the use of live facial recognition surveillance by police and private companies.
Police have deployed live facial recognition at large-scale public events, including King Charles’s coronation. The statement comes after the policing minister, Chris Philp, announced government plans to make UK passport photos searchable by police.
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