BBC uses facial recognition to identify terrorist as police officer

In the aftermath of a series of terrorist attacks against people in Israel, one media outlet attempted to identify perpetrators with facial recognition. The practice raises several contentious questions about the ethics, propriety, and practicality of journalists or others investigating the identity of individuals with biometrics.

The BBC reports that one of the terrorists caught on video footage was identified with a facial recognition as a Palestinian police officer. The outlet used Amazon Rekognition, and says it got a similarity …

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