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notgoneyet t1_iu83ard wrote

> They applied their ethical and legal standards to three uses of facial recognition technology

A huge problem in research is that there isn't an agreed ethical standard for facial recognition research. Who draws the line on what's okay and what's not?

Animal recognition to track populations and aid conservation - fine right? But tweak it so you're tracking "potential agitators" and you've got an authoritarian tool.

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gamingthrowawway2021 t1_iu8avys wrote

And the UK refuses to abandon this project. The culture here in the UK is that the police are trustworthy, especially when compared to the US where systemic racism is acted upon on a more terrible scale.

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notgoneyet t1_iu8jxmm wrote

For all the ranting and raving about police states and big brothers, the UK pop seem to love the idea of ankle tagging reprobates and being surveilled (sp?) wherever we go

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