A Home Office study by on the facial recognition system used by UK police forces has found that it is significantly less reliable with certain ethnic groups and genders.
🇪🇺 vs 🇬🇧 — Two approaches to facial recognition
EU AI Act (Aug 2026):
Bans real-time facial recognition in public spaces, except narrow law enforcement cases.
UK (Dec 2025):
Expanding police facial recognition vans to more cities while consulting on regulation.
EU: privacy by default.
UK: surveillance first, regulation later.
Facial recognition not only harms people right now, but feeds into’ crime-predicting’ tech that turbo charges existing bias.
Sign our petition to ban Predictive Policing in the UK to push back on this dystopian vision of a fully monitored Pre-Crime future.
Act now ⬇️
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ban-crime-predicting-police-tech
#facialrecognition #surveillance #policing #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #precrime #bancrimepredictingtech #safetynotsurveillance #predictivepolicing
Facial recognition is biased. The police know it. The UK Home Office knows it. And they don't care.
This dangerous, intrusive tech produces more false positives for women, young people and members of ethnic minority groups.
We need Parliamentary scrutiny now!
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/10/police-facial-recognition-technology-bias
#facialrecognition #surveillance #policing #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #safetynotsurveillance
#Amazon’s #Ring rolls out controversial, #AI-powered #FacialRecognition feature to video doorbells
#Amazon’s #Ring rolls out controversial, #AI-powered #FacialRecognition feature to video doorbells
Facial recognition not only harms people right now, but feeds into’ crime-predicting’ tech that turbo charges existing bias.
Sign our petition to ban Predictive Policing in the UK to push back on this dystopian vision of a fully monitored Pre-Crime future.
Act now ⬇️
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ban-crime-predicting-police-tech
#facialrecognition #surveillance #policing #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #precrime #bancrimepredictingtech #safetynotsurveillance #predictivepolicing
Facial recognition is biased. The police know it. The UK Home Office knows it. And they don't care.
This dangerous, intrusive tech produces more false positives for women, young people and members of ethnic minority groups.
We need Parliamentary scrutiny now!
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/10/police-facial-recognition-technology-bias
#facialrecognition #surveillance #policing #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #safetynotsurveillance
A Home Office study by on the facial recognition system used by UK police forces has found that it is significantly less reliable with certain ethnic groups and genders.
Expanding facial recognition without proper safeguards in place puts our rights on the back foot.
We should be able to walk down the street without being ID’d at every step.
The UK Parliament must wake up and halt the march of this tech with its questionable accuracy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3r7pwpgeweo
#facialrecognition #police #policing #ukpolitics ukpol #surveillance #privacy
Expanding facial recognition without proper safeguards in place puts our rights on the back foot.
We should be able to walk down the street without being ID’d at every step.
The UK Parliament must wake up and halt the march of this tech with its questionable accuracy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3r7pwpgeweo
#facialrecognition #police #policing #ukpolitics ukpol #surveillance #privacy
The unchecked roll-out of facial recognition in the UK makes us suspects for simply leaving the house.
“We urgently need Parliament to legislate for the use of this intrusive technology to ensure that there is proper transparency and oversight.”
🗣️ Sara Chitseko, ORG Programme Manager.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/facial-recognition-vans-rolled-out-seven-more-police-forces
#facialrecognition #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #police #policing #digitalrights
😡 1984 is Here 😡
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social 's latest video reveals how the #government is using #CollegeFootball games as a testing ground for #MassSurveillance. From #FacialRecognition to #stingray devices, our every move is being monitored.
✊It's time to push back against the Panopticon!
#Surveillance #Privacy #GovernmentSpying #TaylorLorenz #BigBrother #Orwellian #CivilLiberties #DigitalRights #PrivacyMatters #BigTech #SurveillanceState #PrivacyConscious
😡 1984 is Here 😡
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social 's latest video reveals how the #government is using #CollegeFootball games as a testing ground for #MassSurveillance. From #FacialRecognition to #stingray devices, our every move is being monitored.
✊It's time to push back against the Panopticon!
#Surveillance #Privacy #GovernmentSpying #TaylorLorenz #BigBrother #Orwellian #CivilLiberties #DigitalRights #PrivacyMatters #BigTech #SurveillanceState #PrivacyConscious
The unchecked roll-out of facial recognition in the UK makes us suspects for simply leaving the house.
“We urgently need Parliament to legislate for the use of this intrusive technology to ensure that there is proper transparency and oversight.”
🗣️ Sara Chitseko, ORG Programme Manager.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/facial-recognition-vans-rolled-out-seven-more-police-forces
#facialrecognition #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #police #policing #digitalrights
2/3
1️⃣ Unlawful:
The proposal expands Europol’s #surveillance capacities, allowing it to collect and use biometrics like #FacialRecognition on a massive scale, without transparency and effective safeguards against abuse.
2️⃣ Unsafe:
This reform encourages data collection & data sharing from and with third countries, including authoritarian regimes.
It turns “anti-smuggling” into a blank cheque for surveillance against migrants, NGOs & journalists.
