Facial recognition technology negatively impacts communities of colour and exacerbates racism in policing. Its accuracy issues lead to increased risks of misidentification and wrongful arrest. The targeting of Notting Hill carnival attenders using this technology raises significant concerns, especially in light of the Metropolitan police's history of institutional racism. Rights to privacy, peaceful assembly, expression, and equality are infringed by these surveillance systems. The lack of government regulation allows police to operate without accountability for how they deploy such discriminatory tools. The call is made to halt the use of facial recognition technology immediately.
Facial recognition technology has been proven repeatedly to be discriminatory against communities of colour and will further entrench racism within policing.
It has been known to lead to misidentification and the risk of wrongful arrest, as we saw in the reporting this week on the case of Shaun Thompson.
Using it to target attenders of Notting Hill carnival is very concerning, especially when we consider the Casey report's conclusion that the Metropolitan police are guilty of institutional racism.
These systems violate our right to privacy, our rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression, and to equality and non-discrimination.
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