Youth worker Shaun Thompson, and Silkie Carlo, director of campaign group Big Brother Watch, brought the challenge over concerns that facial recognition could be used arbitrarily or in a discriminatory way. In a major victory for the continued roll-out of …
A lawsuit filed against the Reno Police Department in Nevada alleges officers made thousands of unlawful arrests relying solely on facial recognition matches without corroboration. The amended complaint cites the case of a man arrested by Officer Jager after a …
More than 70 organisations, including ACLU, EFF and EPIC, have written to Meta calling on it to immediately halt plans to deploy facial recognition via its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses. The letter specifically requests disclosure of any discussions with …
The UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology has published an updated briefing noting that live facial recognition is now in use by 13 of the 43 police forces in England and Wales as of March 2026, with a national …
Airlines for Europe called the EU Entry-Exit System a systemic failure on 14 April 2026 after the first week of full operations across 29 Schengen countries produced passenger queues of two to four hours at airports, widespread missed flights and …
Chicago prosecutors have disclosed that a gunman who shot a convenience store clerk in the Loop was identified through facial recognition technology linked to the Illinois Secretary of State database. James Strahler, 37, was charged with attempted first-degree murder.
The UK government has announced up to £82 million to overhaul its prison management system following an independent review that found 179 prisoners were released in error in England and Wales between April 2025 and March 2026, including sex offenders, …
The Commons on 14 April considered Lords amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill, focus on LFR governance. POST Parliament reports 13 of 43 E&W forces currently using LFR with national rollout planned.…
EPS internal emails released via FOI show Corsight AI is the recognition engine behind Axon’s facial-recognition bodycam pilot — a Canada-first. Phase 1 runs silently with trained reviewers; Phase 2 would push near-real-time alerts to field officers.
The EU Entry-Exit System became fully operational on 10 April 2026 across all 29 Schengen countries, replacing manual passport stamping with biometric registration — facial images and fingerprints — for all non-EU travellers on short stays. The first weekend of …
Youth worker Shaun Thompson, and Silkie Carlo, director of campaign group Big Brother Watch, brought the challenge over concerns that facial recognition could be used arbitrarily or in a discriminatory way. In a major victory for the continued roll-out of …
A lawsuit filed against the Reno Police Department in Nevada alleges officers made thousands of unlawful arrests relying solely on facial recognition matches without corroboration. The amended complaint cites the case of a man arrested by Officer Jager after a …
More than 70 organisations, including ACLU, EFF and EPIC, have written to Meta calling on it to immediately halt plans to deploy facial recognition via its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses. The letter specifically requests disclosure of any discussions with …
The UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology has published an updated briefing noting that live facial recognition is now in use by 13 of the 43 police forces in England and Wales as of March 2026, with a national …
Airlines for Europe called the EU Entry-Exit System a systemic failure on 14 April 2026 after the first week of full operations across 29 Schengen countries produced passenger queues of two to four hours at airports, widespread missed flights and …
Chicago prosecutors have disclosed that a gunman who shot a convenience store clerk in the Loop was identified through facial recognition technology linked to the Illinois Secretary of State database. James Strahler, 37, was charged with attempted first-degree murder. The …
The UK government has announced up to £82 million to overhaul its prison management system following an independent review that found 179 prisoners were released in error in England and Wales between April 2025 and March 2026, including sex offenders, …
The Commons on 14 April considered Lords amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill, focus on LFR governance. POST Parliament reports 13 of 43 E&W forces currently using LFR with national rollout planned.…
EPS internal emails released via FOI show Corsight AI is the recognition engine behind Axon’s facial-recognition bodycam pilot — a Canada-first. Phase 1 runs silently with trained reviewers; Phase 2 would push near-real-time alerts to field officers. Corsight’s reported links …
The EU Entry-Exit System became fully operational on 10 April 2026 across all 29 Schengen countries, replacing manual passport stamping with biometric registration — facial images and fingerprints — for all non-EU travellers on short stays. The first weekend of …