Facial recognition technology scans 13,200 people in London but results in just one arrest

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Facial recognition technology scans 13,200 people in London but results in just one arrest
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Metropolitan Police chief calls for government to draw up law on controversial technology amid human rights concerns, writes Lizzie Dearden

since it announced the rollout of the controversial technology in January. The most recent, in Oxford Circus on 27 February, saw 8,600 faces scanned by cameras mounted on a police van.

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