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Aaron Bunch

'Massive overreach': concerns over live facial scanning

WA Police will use live facial recognition cameras mounted on the force's vans at major events. (Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS)

Members of the public will be surveilled by real-time facial recognition cameras operated by police in an Australian-first trial aimed at catching criminals and bolstering safety.

The technology, which uses artificial intelligence to cross-reference faces with a database, will be deployed in Western Australia from Monday.

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