Critics pan planned police use of facial recognition during King Charles’ coronation

An announcement by the UK Metropolitan Police Service (Met) that live (or ‘real-time’) facial recognition technology will be deployed in central London as part of a massive security operation during the coronation of King Charles III has been met with criticisms from rights activists.

The metropolitan police said in an announcement on May 3 that it will use facial recognition in what would be one of the biggest and most significant single day police operations in the country.

The move …

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