UK police widen live facial recognition deployments despite opposition
Live facial recognition deployments continue to expand across the UK, with police reporting arrests, missing-person recoveries and compliance monitoring from…
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Scotland’s police inspector backs faster rollout of facial recognition, AI
Scotland’s chief inspector of constabulary is urging police to accelerate the adoption of technologies including live facial recognition, drones and…
Secret ‘Keyhole’ program emerges as ICE surveillance of protestors widens
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) placed Operation Puppet Master, its undercover surveillance and investigation of…
Amazon Rekognition faces scrutiny in false arrest lawsuit
Amazon Web Services (AWS) was added as a defendant in a federal lawsuit brought by a St. Louis, Missouri man…
Challenge to facial recognition at protests to be examined by Supreme Court of India
India’s Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the deployment of facial recognition technology (FRT) and other biometric surveillance tech…
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner plans 8 reports, reviews by autumn 2027
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Dr. Brian Plastow and his team will release a report on the outcomes and achievements of the…
DHS surveillance spending tops $2.9B as domestic enforcement architecture expands
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has recorded more than $2.9 billion in contract obligations since January 2021 for technologies…
Meta smart glasses quietly enter Florida law enforcement
Two Florida sheriff’s offices have purchased Meta smart glasse, but the public record provides sharply different accounts of why they…
Brazilian Federal Police expands Regula forensic document technology nationwide
Regula has launched a major forensics update for the Brazilian Federal Police, continuing a long-standing partnership. A release from the…
Western Australia Police criticized for cutting corners on LFR consultation, PIA
Western Australia Police invited additional criticism and controversy into their June pilot of live facial recognition with transparency and consultation…
