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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Margaret Davis

Shabana Mahmood defends rollout of live facial recognition to all police forces

A camera on top of a Live Facial Recognition (LFR) van deployed in Leeds in November. (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Home Secretary has defended plans for a rollout of live facial recognition to all police forces in England and Wales amid concerns a public consultation on its use is not yet complete.

Shabana Mahmood told LBC there is “no true liberty” if people are too scared of crime to leave their houses while human rights group Liberty accused the Government of ignoring the public’s fundamental rights by announcing the rollout with the consultation still under way.

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