New Police Policy Could Allow Innocent People to Be Put on Facial Recognition Watchlists

A mobile police facial recognition facility outside a shopping centre in London, on Feb. 11, 2020. Kelvin Chan/AP Photo

Civil liberties groups have criticised new UK police guidance that could place innocent people on facial recognition systems watchlists.

The College of Policing published a guide for officers in England and Wales on Tuesday, which they said was to ensure the use of live facial recognition technology is “legal and ethical.”