[[link removed]]Dear John,

Discriminatory facial recognition surveillance technology is being used on our
streets and in public places like shopping centres and train stations. It’s time
to ban it. Sign the petition now
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Facial recognition cameras scan everyone within range to make biometric maps of
their faces – more like fingerprints than photographs. These are then compared
to images on secretive watchlists.

Thousands of people are scanned at every deployment without their consent – and
often without their knowledge. This is a shocking invasion of privacy.

Research shows that when people know they are under surveillance, they behave
differently to avoid unjustified suspicion, altering where they go and who they
go with.

The tech has also been proven to discriminate against people of colour and
women, meaning they are more likely to be misidentified and stopped, questioned
and searched by the police. And police have often chosen to use it in locations
with predominantly black, Asian and minority ethnic or working-class
populations, embedding discriminatory approaches to policing.

And we know at least one police force has plans to start using the tech on
officers’ mobile phones, making it easier for them to scan us on the move.

The tech has also been used by private companies in busy shopping centres and
transport hubs, scanning thousands of people every day.

Police use of facial recognition on our streets and private company use in
publicly accessible places must be banned.

SIGN THE PETITION →
[[link removed]]The Metropolitan Police is due to decide whether to roll live facial recognition
out across London at any moment. An independent report on its use of the tech to
date says it has failed to protect human rights.

And Liberty has taken South Wales Police to court to end its use of live facial
recognition in public. But while we wait for the Court’s decision, the force has
scanned another 87,500 people.

Private companies have also used facial recognition on shoppers and commuters –
some in conjunction with the police. Other forces and companies will follow
their lead.

Sign the petition
[[link removed]] to get this dangerous and discriminatory mass surveillance tool off our streets
for good.

Thank you for your support,

Hannah Couchman
Policy and Campaigns Officer

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