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London stations facial recognition trial ends with false positive
Original: Trial of live facial recognition in London stations ends with a false positive and no arrests
A six-month trial of live facial recognition at London railway stations has ended without a single arrest, a freedom of information request has revealed. The scheme, run by British Transport Police, cost around £320,000 and consumed nearly 100 hours of police time, yet produced just one alert — which turned out to be a false positive. Civil liberties campaigners say the figures confirm the technology is costly and ineffective, while its use in public spaces continues to raise privacy concerns.
Why now: The disclosure that a expensive surveillance trial produced only an incorrect alert has renewed debate over police use of facial recognition.
British Transport PoliceLondonThe Guardian
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- Trial of live facial recognition in London stations ends with a false positive and no arrests · The Guardian
Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert
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