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Surge in police use of facial recognition sparks concerns over wrongful targeting
[Jonathan Harrison / Creative Commons]
BRITISH police have ramped up their use of facial recognition tech in the last year, fuelling concerns about the wrongful targeting of innocent individuals.
A recent investigation by the i newspaper and Liberty has revealed a staggering 330 per cent surge in retrospective facial recognition searches in 2022.
More than 85,000 searches were made — four times the number recorded in 2021.
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