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EPISODE · Nov 22, 2020 · 1H 4M

Unmasking facial recognition

from The WebRoots Democracy Podcast · host WebRoots Democracy

The increased use of live facial recognition surveillance by police forces across the UK has been the subject of heated discussion in recent years. Our report, ‘Unmasking Facial Recognition’, found that it is likely to exacerbate racist outcomes in policing and revealed that London’s Metropolitan Police failed to carry out an Equality Impact Assessment before trialling the technology at the Notting Hill Carnival. We discussed the report and the future of the technology with Gracie Bradley (Interim Director, Liberty), Mutale Nkonde (CEO, AI for the People), Sarah Chander (Senior Policy Adviser, European Digital Rights), and Areeq Chowdhury (WebRoots Democracy). This discussion took place during the WebRoots Democracy Festival in November 2020.

The increased use of live facial recognition surveillance by police forces across the UK has been the subject of heated discussion in recent years. Our report, ‘Unmasking Facial Recognition’, found that it is likely to exacerbate racist outcomes in policing and revealed that London’s Metropolitan Police failed to carry out an Equality Impact Assessment before trialling the technology at the Notting Hill Carnival. We discussed the report and the future of the technology with Gracie Bradley (Interim Director, Liberty), Mutale Nkonde (CEO, AI for the People), Sarah Chander (Senior Policy Adviser, European Digital Rights), and Areeq Chowdhury (WebRoots Democracy). This discussion took place during the WebRoots Democracy Festival in November 2020.

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