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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Danny Halpin

'Impossible' to travel in London in future without being scanned by facial recognition, court told

It will be “impossible” for Londoners to travel without being scanned by facial recognition unless police use of the technology is properly restricted, the High Court has been told.

The Metropolitan Police is facing legal action over its use of live facial recognition (LFR), brought by a youth worker who was misidentified by the technology and the director of a civil liberties campaign group.

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