TFTC on Nostr: London is installing permanent live facial recognition cameras on Oxford Street by ...
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2026-10-23 17:10:16 UTCEvent JSON
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"content": "London is installing permanent live facial recognition cameras on Oxford Street by Christmas.\n\nHalf a million shoppers a day will have their faces scanned and compared against police watchlists.\n\nThe government ran a public consultation on a proper legal framework for the technology that closed in February and still hasn't published a response, but the cameras are going up anyway.\n\nBuilding the surveillance infrastructure first and sorting out the rules later.\n\nhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/facial-recognition-cameras-oxford-street-metropolitan-police-b3072030.html\nhttps://blossom.primal.net/2adede21e2c27a3eda5f0fcaacc48a6339735ace055d679e78932166b5fca44c.png",
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