Government to tighten facial recognition rules for police amid human rights fears
Summary
The Government is to tighten facial recognition rules for police amid human rights fears, The Independent reported on Wednesday 4 November, just weeks after the announcement that facial recognition cameras would be installed on Oxford Street. The use of the technology must be 'intelligence led and proportionate', the Government has said, according to the Manchester Evening News, which headlined that the Andy Burnham government confirms a major change to make facial recognition technology 'safer and fairer'.
Latest: The Government is to tighten facial recognition rules for police amid human rights fears, The Independent reported, the Manchester Evening News reporting that the Government said the use of the technology must be 'intelligence led and proportionate'.
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How it unfolded
Wednesday 4 November
The Government is to tighten facial recognition rules for police amid human rights fears, The Independent reported, the Manchester Evening News reporting that the Government said the use of the technology must be 'intelligence led and proportionate'.
- 12:30Manchester Evening News Andy Burnham government confirms major change to make facial recognition technology 'safer and fairer'
- 12:25The Independent Government to tighten facial recognition rules for police amid human rights fears