Islington Council has joined Newham and Haringey in rejecting Met Police’s use of Orwellian live facial recognition technology in public spaces.
Mark Johnson, advocacy manager for Big Brother Watch said: “Both the Met Commissioner and the Home Secretary should take note that communities in areas where this technology has been used are rejecting live facial recognition.”
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