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Will facial recognition technology transform policing?
Season 1 · Episode 955

Will facial recognition technology transform policing?

The head of the UK’s largest police force says facial recognition technology could be the best new crime fighting tool since fingerprinting. But campaigners have called it ‘dystopian’.

Sensemaker · The Observer

October 10, 20248m 6s

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The head of the UK’s largest police force says facial recognition technology could be the best new crime fighting tool since fingerprinting. But campaigners have called it ‘dystopian’. 


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