Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The Met Police are deploying biased facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival this weekend.

Last week we joined civil society groups in calling for the plans to be scrapped.

It “unfairly targets the community that carnival exists to celebrate.”

#SafetyNotSurveillance

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/16/facial-recognition-cameras-too-racially-biased-to-use-at-notting-hill-carnival-say-campaigners

#facialrecognition #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillance #metpolice #police
Geriatric Gardener
@GeriatricGardener@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

“All charges dropped against Mo Chara and Kneecap”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox

@palestine
@israel

“The Met Police have confirmed that they are abandoning all action against Kneecap rapper Mo Chara and that the terror charge laid against him in May has been dropped. A court hearing scheduled for August has been cancelled”

https://skwawkbox.org/2025/06/29/all-charges-dropped-against-mo-chara-and-kneecap/

#Press #UK#Starmer#Labour#MetPolice #MoChara#Kneecap#Charges#Dropped#Terrorism#CPS#Lawfare#IsraelLobby
Geriatric Gardener
@GeriatricGardener@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

“All charges dropped against Mo Chara and Kneecap”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox

@palestine
@israel

“The Met Police have confirmed that they are abandoning all action against Kneecap rapper Mo Chara and that the terror charge laid against him in May has been dropped. A court hearing scheduled for August has been cancelled”

https://skwawkbox.org/2025/06/29/all-charges-dropped-against-mo-chara-and-kneecap/

#Press #UK#Starmer#Labour#MetPolice #MoChara#Kneecap#Charges#Dropped#Terrorism#CPS#Lawfare#IsraelLobby