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🚨 NEWS: Islington Council vote to stop live facial recognition This is now the third borough in London to call for a stop to this Orwellian technology, following motions in both Haringey and Newham. Both the Met Commissioner & Home Secretary should take note that communities in areas where this technology has been used are rejecting live facial recognition. The new Government has an opportunity to do more to protect our rights and freedoms. They can do this right away by following the example of Islington Council and putting a stop to the use of live facial recognition across the UK. Subscribe | @BigBrotherWatchHQ

🚨Live facial recognition alert🚨 Police are scanning the faces of the public in #Hackney today — processing biometric data as sensitive as a fingerprint, often without our knowledge or consent. Tell the Met to STOP taking your faceprints ⤵️ https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-met-police-using-facial-recognition-surveillance Subscribe | @BigBrotherWatchHQ

🔸 Police forces across the UK are massively expanding the use of live facial recognition 🔸 Shops are putting live facial recognition cameras on doorway 🔸 The Government is putting all of our passport photos in a giant facial recognition database 💪 We are fighting back Subscribe | @BigBrotherWatchHQ

⚠️Live facial recognition will be a "PERMANENT" policing measure - @EssexPoliceUK have announced Not on our watch. Live facial recognition cameras will turn our high streets into a digital police line-up - we must #StopFacialRecognition Read: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3gd447d75xo No other democracy is using this tech in this draconian way https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/stop-facial-recognition/

👁️ Five people have been misidentified by live facial recognition over the last four deployments Met Police have increased facial recognition snooping on the public by 1,000% - despite people up & down the country being wrongly stopped by this tech. There's no place for this tech in British policing. We now stand ready to take the first legal action in Europe on behalf of two innocent people who were wrongly flagged as criminals by facial recognition. We need YOUR support to stop this Orwellian nightmare for all of us⤵️ https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-recognition-surveillance Subscribe | @BigBrotherWatchHQ

We can’t let our high streets look like this ‌This is the nightmarish vision that the Met Police’s Director of Intelligence has been selling at Tony Blair’s “Future of Britain” conference today. By putting these cameras on our high streets, we're being treated like suspects in a digital police line-up. #StopFacialRecognition Subscribe | @BigBrotherWatchHQ

He won’t give up, will he? And neither will we! 🚨NEWS: Labour Party “rules out” Tony Blair’s calls for a digital ID While Blair once again called for the introduction of a digital ID over the weekend, Labour's Business Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds has responded: "we can rule that out, that's not something that's part of our plans." We welcome this news and will be holding them to their words - as always, the price of liberty is eternal vigilance. From facial recognition to bank spying, our analysis of Labour's manifesto showed that the party's positions on issues impacting your rights and freedoms are UNCLEAR. The new Government must do more to defend privacy & civil liberties in the UK. Read ⤵️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87rgj4e0rzo Subscribe | @BigBrotherWatchHQ

🚪The fight for a free future enters a new chapter today as Keir Starmer enters no 10. Our work has always been needed to curb overreach - from governments of all parties. Our strength and success relies on you. Donate today - link in bio. ▶ WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FqdJZbsZSlY Subscribe | @BigBrotherWatchHQ

🚨BREAKING: Labour Party just received an historic victory. What does this mean for your privacy and freedoms? We know that the Labour government plans to: 🔻expand the censorious Online Safety Act 🔻introduce an Artificial Intelligence Bill 🔻create a 'National Data Library' In the early days of government, we also know they will: 🔻take over the secretive Counter Disinformation Unit 🔻take over the Treasury's plans to pilot a Central Bank Digital Currency 🔻decide whether to continue with the Home Office's live facial recognition expansion plans There are challenging times, and opportunities, ahead. The election might be over today but at Big Brother Watch, our work protecting your freedoms is never done. We're as strong as the support YOU give us - Together we can fight for a free future Join us today- donate £25 or over for a free t-shirt⤵️ https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/join/now/

🗳️Today, Britons up and down the country will head out to vote. Are your privacy and civil liberties a priority for political parties in this general election? Find out more about our scorecard ⤵️ https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/election-watch-2024/#keyasks Subscribe | @BigBrotherWatchHQ