Starmer’s live facial recognition plan would usher in national ID, campaigners say
Starmer’s live facial recognition plan would usher in national ID, campaigners say

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Starmer’s live facial recognition plan would usher in national ID, campaigners say

"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..."