MPs Back Call to ‘Immediately Stop’ Live Facial Recognition Surveillance

A group of MPs and peers, supported by 31 charities and pressure groups, have called for a moratorium on live facial recognition surveillance.

An undated image showing two activists holding up placards and wearing masks of policing minister Chris Philp (L) and Home Secretary Suella Braverman (R) outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London. Big Brother Watch

A group of 65 MPs and peers, backed by 31 charities and civil rights groups, have called for the use of live facial recognition surveillance to be “immediately stopped.”

The statement comes after policing minister Chris Philp announced plans this week to make UK passport photographs searchable by police officers using facial recognition technology.