Greater Manchester Police used live facial recognition technology to scan nearly 80,000 faces at the Manchester Caribbean Carnival. Civil liberties group Big Brother Watch investigated the two-day deployment, which subjected both adults and children to biometric identity checks. The campaign group warned that the technology threatens privacy and overturns the democratic presumption of innocence. It also raised concerns over documented issues regarding race and gender bias when using the system to target attendees.

Background: Facial Recognition in Policing

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