What no one is saying about the first city-wide facial recognition zone

Big Brother Watch Team / March 20, 2025

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In a UK first, South Wales Police introduced ‘semi-permanent’ AI facial recognition cameras across Cardiff city centre during this year’s Six Nations rugby internationals – Big Brother Watch went to investigate as Wales took on England.

The result: 160,000+ faces scanned = Zero arrests.

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