London Police Will Deploy Live Facial Recognition Cameras

London’s Metropolitan Police announced Friday they would begin rolling out new facial recognition cameras, despite controversy.

The Metropolitan Police, the U.K.’s biggest police department with jurisdiction over most of London, announced Friday it would begin rolling out new “live facial recognition” cameras in London, making the capital one of the largest cities in the West to adopt the controversial technology.

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