UK pushes ahead with facial recognition expansion despite civil liberties backlash

Plan would create statutory powers for police use of biometrics, prompting warnings of mass surveillance

The UK government has kicked off plans to ramp up police use of facial recognition, undeterred by a mounting civil liberties backlash and fresh warnings that any expansion risks turning public spaces into biometric dragnets.…

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