Service: Facial recognition for apprehension police - Apprehension of suspects

Responsible organisation: Police (Central-Government)

Police forces had begun trialing the use of automatic face recognition systems to automatically decide when people should be apprehended as suspects. This development was challenged by the civil society organization Big Brother Watch, which monitored the use of face recognition at Notting Hill Carnival in London and observed a high number of false positives.

Additional information

Source Open Innovation Regione Lombardia
Web site https://automatingsociety.algorithmwatch.org/report2020/united-kingdom/
Start/end date 2017 -
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