Over 80% of facial recognition suspects flagged by London’s Met Police were innocent, report says

iStock/pixinoo(LONDON) — A new independent report claims that 81% of suspects flagged by facial recognition technology used by London’s Metropolitan Police were innocent. The study was commissioned by Scotland Yard and researchers from the University of Essex. Live Facial Recognition (LFR) has been used by the police in various trials to monitor crowds since 2016. …

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