"Made during an ongoing government consultation on a legal framework for the technology, Garbett's call for the force to immediately halt its deployments of LFR is informed by concerns around its disproportionate effects on Black and brown communities, a lack of specific legal powers dictating how police can use the tech, and the Met's opacity around the true costs of deploying."
""These invasive tools allow the police to monitor the daily lives of Londoners, entirely unregulated and without any safeguards. The Met repeatedly claim that live facial recognition is a success, yet they continue to withhold the data required to scrutinise those claims. It makes no sense for the home secretary to announce the expansion of live facial recognition at the same time as running a government consultation on the use of this technology. This expansion is especially concerning given that there is still no specific law authorising the use of this technology.""
""Live facial-recognition technology subjects everyone to constant surveillance, which goes against the democratic principle that people should not be monitored unless there is suspicion of wrongdoing," said Garbett, adding that there have already been instances of "real harm" in children being wrongly placed on watchlists, and the disproportionate targeting and misidentification of Black Londoners."
The Metropolitan Police has rapidly expanded live facial-recognition (LFR) deployments without clear legal authority and with limited public accountability. The expansion coincides with a government consultation on a legal framework for biometric surveillance. Concerns include disproportionate impacts on Black and brown communities, instances of misidentification and children wrongly placed on watchlists, and a lack of transparent data on effectiveness and costs. The High Court is examining whether current Met LFR use has lawful safeguards to protect human rights. Calls are being made for an immediate halt to deployments until specific legal powers, transparency, and effective constraints are established.
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