PM accused of ignoring civil rights and aping autocracies as he proposes new powers after far-right unrest

"Civil liberties campaigners have said that a proposal made by Keir Starmer on Thursday to expand the use of live facial recognition technology would amount to the effective introduction of a national ID card system based on people’s faces.

Silkie Carlo, the director of Big Brother Watch, said it was ironic the new prime minister was suggesting a greater use of facial matching on the same day that an EU-wide law largely banning real-time surveillance technology came into force…"

  • Black Dog@feddit.ukOPEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I’m not against the introduction of ID, in fact it’d probably make life easier for people who don’t drive or have a passport! And I can’t see why the campaigners think it’d automatically lead to the introduction of ID cards. Having said that, I’m also not in favour of public surveillance on a massive scale.

    • hydroptic
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      4 months ago

      Oh yes just to clarify, I didn’t think that you specifically have a problem with a potential national ID system, I was just wondering what the people who do see it as a problem have against it