26 h. ago Big Brother Watch slams ‘Orwellian’ facial recognition as ‘authoritarian’ amid London’s police crisis: ‘Failing to answer 999!'

Big Brother Watch slams ‘Orwellian’ facial recognition as ‘authoritarian’ amid London’s police crisis: ‘Failing to answer 999!'  GB News

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37 h. ago UK's first permanent facial recognition cameras to be installed in south London despite backlash

Campaigners described the move as a ‘slide into a dystopian nightmare’

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41 h. ago Met Police gets first permanent facial recognition cameras in London, sparking fears of 'dystopian nightmare'

Met Police gets first permanent facial recognition cameras in London, sparking fears of 'dystopian nightmare'  LBC

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46 h. ago UK's first permanent facial recognition cameras installed in south London

The cameras will scan for wanted criminals walking by in Croydon as part of a project by the Metropolitan Police that could extend across the capital.

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52 h. ago UK’s first permanent facial recognition cameras installed in London

UK’s first permanent facial recognition cameras installed in London  The Times

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3 d. ago ‘Colossal failure’: what the papers say about the Heathrow airport shutdown

Chaos at Europe’s busiest airport caused by a substation fire dominates UK front pages on SaturdayThe closure of Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, due to a fire at a nearby electrical substation dominates the front pages of British newspapers on Saturday, with more than 1,350 flights cancelled and journeys disrupted for hundreds of thousands of passengers.The Guardian splashes with “Chaos and anger as fire shuts Heathrow airport”, above a picture of anxious travellers, and an article that focuses on Downing Street’s reaction: that there are “questions to answer” as to how a power failure could cause such disruption. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago The real reason you can't smile in your passport photo revealed

A travel expert has revealed the real reason why people aren't allowed to smile in their passport photo. And it's linked to facial recognition software...

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7 d. ago Hungary bans Pride events and plans to use facial recognition to target attenders

Amnesty International describes legislation as ‘full-frontal attack’ on country’s LGBTQ+ communityMPs in Hungary have voted to ban Pride events and allow authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attenders and potentially fine them, in what Amnesty International has described as a “full-frontal attack” on the LGBTQ+ community.The legislation – the latest by the prime minister, Viktor Orbán, and his rightwing populist party to target the community – was pushed through parliament on Tuesday. Believed to be the first of its kind in the EU’s recent history, the nationwide ban passed by 136 votes to 27 after it was submitted to parliament one day earlier. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Hungary’s parliament passes a law banning Pride events, in a new assault on LGBTQ+ rights

Hungarian lawmakers have passed a law banning Pride events and allowing authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attendees

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7 d. ago Plan to slash lengthy passport queues with new facial recognition scans

Travellers will no longer have to leave their cars or pass over their passports when driving through ‘contactless corridors’

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7 d. ago British holidaymakers could avoid passport queues with facial recognition software 'set to be rolled out'

Four companies have reportedly already trialed the technology, which could be rolled out as early as next year

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8 d. ago Hungary’s government submits bill to ban Budapest Pride event

Ruling coalition continues its crackdown on LGBTQ+ people under its ‘child protection’ legislationHungary’s ruling coalition is continuing its crackdown on the country’s LGBTQ+ community, as members submitted a bill to parliament that would ban the popular Budapest Pride event and allow authorities to use facial recognition software to identify people attending.The bill, presented on Monday, is almost certain to pass as the coalition has a two-thirds majority in parliament. Continue reading...

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1 week ago China builds spy camera so powerful it can see faces from space

Millimetre-level resolution from 100 kilometres could see facial recognition satellites

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2 w. ago UN talks to end Cyprus crisis are ‘a waste of time’ unless Starmer changes British policy, UK minister warned

Exclusive: UK foreign office minister Stephen Doughty will land in Cyprus on Friday to meet leaders of both sides of the divided island

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2 w. ago Meta brings facial recognition tools to spot celeb scam adverts to the UK

The social media giant first began rolling out the tools in October last year.

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3 w. ago Millions of immigrants to be surveilled under Trump, largest US immigration contractor says

Geo Group, an Ice partner, is moving at ‘unprecedented speed’ to build out its monitoring, executive chair saysThe Geo Group, the largest single private contractor to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), said it is building out its surveillance business to be able to monitor hundreds of thousands or millions more immigrants than it already does.The Geo Group, a private prison corporation and parent company of BI Inc, has contracted with Ice for nearly 20 years to manage the agency’s electronic monitoring program. It currently tracks approximately 186,000 immigrants using devices such as ankle monitors, smart watches and a facial recognition app, according to public Ice data. Due to increasing demand from Donald Trump’s administration, which has promised mass deportations, company executives said that they expect that number to grow past its previous peak of 370,000 to 450,000 immigrants within the next year. The remarks were made during the company’s fourth quarter earnings...

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3 w. ago Ice contractor plans for surveillance boom under Trump migrant crackdown

Geo Group, an Ice partner, is moving at ‘unprecedented speed’ to build out its monitoring, executive chair saysThe Geo Group, the largest single private contractor to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), said it was building out its surveillance business to be able to monitor hundreds of thousands or millions more immigrants than it already does.The Geo Group, a private prison corporation and parent company of BI Inc, has contracted with Ice for nearly 20 years to manage the agency’s electronic monitoring program. It currently tracks approximately 186,000 immigrants using devices such as ankle monitors, smart watches and a facial recognition app, according to public Ice data. Due to increasing demand from Donald Trump’s administration, which has promised mass deportations, company executives said that they expect that number to grow past its previous peak of 370,000 to 450,000 immigrants within the next year. The remarks were made during the company’s fourth-quarter earning...

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4 w. ago 'Model' of Madeleine McCann aged 21 as super recogniser makes 'most accurate sculpture'

Simone Malik used genetics and natural facial recognition to create the sculpture of what Madeleine McCann might look like now aged 21, as the mystery continues over her disappearance in 2007

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