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Sharp rise in facial recognition use by Scottish police, UK protest footage scanned
Nov. 6, 2023, 8:43 p.m. | Masha Borak
Biometric Update www.biometricupdate.com
The police in Scotland have tripled the use of retrospective facial recognition over the last five years jumping from just under 1,300 in 2018 to nearly 4,000 in 2022.
The rising trend has continued during 2023 with more than 2,000 searches carried out in the first four months of the year, according to data obtained by a freedom of information request by UK investigative journalism organizations Liberty Investigates and The Ferret.
The trend has been rising in other parts of …
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