👁️Oppose facial recognition @MayorofGM We've brought together leading rights groups and racial justice organisations to tell the Mayor of Manchester to #StopFacialRecognition This tech is 250 times more likely to misidentify black women than white subjects and it puts all of our rights and liberties at risk. Read our letter⤵️ bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/wp-co…

👁️NEWS: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood calls on police chiefs to use Orwellian facial recognition at protests "The Home Secretary’s calls for a dystopian constellation of mask bans, facial recognition and ANPR to police lawful expression are a chilling indictment of our right to protest. No community deserves to live in fear, but a policing response to offensive or controversial views must not dilute rights that we all rely on. The police must deal with criminal offences robustly, but stripping lawful protestors of their anonymity merely for expressing controversial views is a dark path to go down. Protestors across the political spectrum, from environmental campaigners and anti-capitalism hacktivists to dissidents in Hong Kong, have used masks to protect their identity against legitimate concerns, including the loss of their job or income, press and media attacks, social ostracisation and unwarranted intelligence gathering by the police. Allowing the state to restrict protest rights in relation to views we don’t like sets a dangerous precedent for us all when we want to challenge the status quo or speak truth to power." - Jasleen Chaggar, Senior Legal and Policy Officer

#StopFacialRecognition⤵️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio…

😱@nottspolice could target children for anti-social behaviour using their intrusive and discriminatory face-scanning tech. We've brought together leading rights groups to tell the force to #StopFacialRecognition Live facial recognition puts ALL our rights & freedoms at risk. Adding children - some as young as 11 years old - and subjecting them to biometric ID checks is unacceptable. Read⤵️ bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/wp-co…

🚨NEWS: The Met Police plan to install PERMANENT facial recognition cameras on #OxfordStreet "Plans to turn the newly walkable Oxford Street into a permanent digital police line-up using live facial recognition software would be a mistake. A face scan is as unique as a fingerprint. The police cannot take your fingerprints when you are not suspected of wrongdoing. Taking a faceprint is no less intrusive just because it happens remotely. The Mayor (@MayorofLondon) should abandon the plans to roll out Orwellian biometric software which would instead place London in the company of authoritarian regimes." - Jasleen Chaggar, Senior Legal & Senior Policy Officer Read⤵️ theguardian.com/world/2026/a…