Facial Recognition Technology in use in Leicester Square, London
MPs and peers from across the political spectrum have called for an “immediate stop” to the use of live facial recognition surveillance by police and private companies.
The Big Brother Watch campaign group says 65 members of the House of Commons and Lords have backed its call for a halt to the technology’s use.
Among them are former Brexit secretary David Davis MP, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, Green MP Caroline Lucas and former shadow attorney general Baroness Shami Chakrabarti.
Sexual harassment on Britain’s railways is rising sharply, according to the British Transport Police, yet too many women still feel reporting is futile. LYNNE WALSH asks why the burden of safety all too often remains on women themselves
Digital ID means the government could track anyone and then limit their speech, movements, finances — and it could get this all wrong, identifying the wrong people for the wrong reasons, as the numerous digital cockups so far demonstrate, warns DYLAN MURPHY
