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London police facial recognition trial scanned 500,000+ faces and produced one false alert

A six-month trial of live facial recognition at London railway stations cost British Transport Police (BTP) £320,786 and scanned more than 500,000 faces, but it produced just one alert from the police watchlist. That alert turned out to be a false identification, with no arrest resulting directly from the technology…

The Times of India · Oct 1

Trial of live facial recognition in London stations leads to a false positive and no arrests

Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29

UK varsities spying on pro-Palestine students? 12 universities paid over £440,000 to security firm - Report

Twelve UK universities paid over £440,000 to a private firm run by former military intelligence officials to spy on student protesters and academics, including those supporting Palestine, a joint investigation by Al Jazeera English and Liberty Investigates has revealed.

The Times of India · Apr 20

Revealed: UK coastguard downgraded 999 calls from refugees in days before mass drowning

Investigation finds evidence that many calls received prior to 2021 Channel disaster were treated as less urgent

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2023

Met only authorised baton rounds for black-led events, FOI reveals

Metropolitan police approved their use at Notting Hill carnival and Black Lives Matter protests in 2020

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2023

Black remand prisoners held 70% longer than white counterparts in England and Wales

Data also shows black defendants more likely to be held in prison – yet more likely to be acquitted

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2023

‘Horror beyond words’: how Channel distress calls were ‘ignored’ 19 times before 2021 disaster

Investigation reveals that understaffed Dover control room was overwhelmed by calls from people in trouble before 27 died at sea

The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2023

Black girls are 'three times more likely to endure invasive Met Police strip searches'

Almost half of all girls subjected to strip searches by the Metropolitan Police between 2017 and 2022 were Black, according to a study of data analysed by Liberty Investigates

Daily Mirror · Apr 6, 2023

Black girls three times more likely to undergo invasive strip-search by Met police

Data analysed by Liberty Investigates shows almost half of girls subjected to strip-searches between 2017 and 2022 were Black

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2023

Asylum seekers who die in UK Government housing to be remembered in new project

MERCY Baguma. Adnan Walid Elbi. Henok Zaid Gebrsslasie. You may have read these names in tragic headlines over the last two years, as all three were…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 28, 2022