This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Immediately Ban the use of Public Facial Recognition on the General Public
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The recent implementation of facial recognition cameras and software have shown to be incompetent at best, or tyrannical at worst.
This perverse and invasive technology has been demonstrated to have up to a 100% failure rate in regards to false positives and has no place in British Society.
Trials, tests, and the implementation of these facial recognition cameras are already widely protested and have led to many serious concerns such as:
Up to 100% Failure Rate
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/facial-recognition-london-inaccurate-met-police-trials-a8898946.html
Police Abusiveness
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-ordered-uncover-face-front-16155463
Potentially Illegalilty
https://news.yahoo.com/police-orwellian-facial-recognition-technology-175211323.html
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/261557
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