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May 15, 2018 20 tweets 6 min read
LIVE: Our report and campaign launch on UK police use of automated facial recognition in Parliament is starting imminently (16.00).

We will be hearing from MPs, Lords and rights and race equality groups.

Our campaign: bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/all-campaigns/…

Follow this thread for updates. Thanks to @DavidLammy MP for his support for our campaign and event and to @GreenJennyJones for organising the first parliamentary debate in the House of Lords recently.
Mar 1, 2018 39 tweets 21 min read
"There are big concerns about equality issues arising from #FacialRecognition, particularly the risk of misidentifying people of colour who are already disproportionately affected by policing tactics."

- @GreenJennyJones #live in @UKHouseofLords "The Govnt can't stand idly by while allowing this intrusion into individuals' rights and identities (...)

The Govnt is letting the police get on with automated #FacialRecognition as an 'operational matter'. This is clearly not just an 'operational matter'" - @GreenJennyJones