We need to protect our right to walk in public without being subject to constant monitoring and identification by dystopian surveillance technology.

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FRT is a highly invasive mass surveillance tool that threatens to undermine human rights.

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It was also recently revealed by @libertyhq that children were included on police facial recognition watchlists. 😬

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The Home Home Office shared that Immigration Enforcement was trialling the use of live facial recognition in the Holyhead Port week commencing 24 November 2025.

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The British Transport Police has announced its use at key transport hubs in London. It will be deployed for a 6-month trial period with cameras set up on station concourses to capture live footage of passers-by.

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In the last few days alone we have seen further expansion of the use of live FRT by law enforcement in the UK despite the known rights to human rights, and current lack of legislation to regulate its use.

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Governments are treating people as guilty until proven innocent, relying on flawed systems instead of human judgement.

Travel surveillance should not become a tool for controlling social benefits.

This is a clear example of 'function creep'.

Data collected for security is now used to control citizens and decide welfare eligibility.

The risks of opaque, algorithm-driven government decisions are real.

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The UK Home Office has already been issued various legally binding decisions deeming its use of technology against migrants unlawful, including electronic monitoring of migrants and the seizing and extracting data from migrants’ mobile phones.

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Using AI and FRT to make such decisions that can endanger children seeking safety raises serious questions.

What assessments have been made to ensure this practice doesn’t infringe human rights?

Is this necessary, proportionate, and lawful?

Facial age estimation technology can be inaccurate and discriminatory, particularly for women and people of colour.

It is also inevitably an ‘estimate’, and in this context, an incorrect estimate could be life-changing.

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This is the latest application of AI against people in vulnerable positions. We have already challenged algorithmic tools used by the Government for not adequately complying with data protection law.

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