"The United Kingdom’s controversial rollout of #FacialRecognition technology will rely on software that appears to have already been deployed in #Gaza, where it is used by the Israeli army to track, trace, and abduct thousands of Palestinian civilians passing through checkpoints."
In March 2024, more than a year before #Corsight and Digital Barriers were selected by the UK government, the New York Times reported that Corsight technology was being deployed in #Gaza by the Israeli cyber-intelligence division Unit 8200. However, misgivings over its accuracy, including the wrongful arrest and detention of hundreds of Palestinians, led to a number of Israeli security officials expressing their doubts about the system to reporters.