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UK High Court Upholds Metropolitan Police's Use of Live Facial Recognition on London Transport
The UK High Court dismissed a legal challenge against the Metropolitan Police's use of live facial recognition technology in London's transport system. The ruling paves the way for a national rollout across high streets and transport hubs. Separately, the UK Parliament passed a law banning smoking for those born after January 1, 2009, raising the legal age annually.
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The UK High Court ruled in favor of the Metropolitan Police yesterday evening, upholding the use of live facial recognition technology across London's transport network, ZeroHedge reported. The legal challenge was brought by Silkie Carlo of Big Brother Watch and Shaun Thompson, a youth worker who was previously misidentified by the technology.
Lawyers for the claimants argued that police powers governing the use of live facial recognition technology would breach articles 8, 10, and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
High Court judges dismissed the legal challenge, enabling a national rollout of live facial recognition technology across high streets and transport hubs in the UK. The claimants stated they plan to appeal the ruling. In a separate development, the UK Parliament passed a law banning smoking for everyone born after January 1, 2009.
The law means the legal age of smoking will increase by one year every year until the last smokers die off, ZeroHedge reported.
