Police in London conducted a public street trial with facial recognition cameras. A man who covered his face as he walked by the cameras was stopped by officers, forced to submit to being photographed, and then arrested on a charge of public disorder after complaining loudly. The segment starts at 3:35 in the embedded BBC video; here's more coverage from The Independent: The Independent revealed that more than £200,000 was spent on six deployments that resulted in no arrests between August 2016 and July last year.
London Police Arrest Man Who Covered Face During Public Facial Recognition Trials
Rob Beschizza, Boing Boing
Wed, 05/15/2019 - 7:33am
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