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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Police accused over use of facial recognition at King Charles’s coronation

Flags commemorating the coronation for sale at a street stand outside Westminster Hall in London.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected on Saturday as King Charles is crowned. Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

The Metropolitan police has been accused of using the coronation to stage the biggest live facial recognition operation in British history.

The force said on Wednesday it intended to use the controversial technology, which scans faces and matches them against a list of people police want for alleged crimes and could identify convicted terrorists mingling in the crowds.

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