High Court to grill London cops over live facial recognition creep
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A UK High Court hearing will examine the Metropolitan Police’s live facial recognition (LFR) policy after claimant Shaun Thompson alleges misidentification and coercive fingerprinting, with Big Brother Watch arguing the deployments infringe ECHR rights to privacy, expression, and assembly due to broad "crime hotspot" use. The case coincides with government plans to expand police use of facial recognition, framed by officials as a major tool for crime-fighting.
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