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Facial recognition plans raise concerns from MPs
Shields Gazette
|January 28, 2026
The government's plan for the “largest-ever rollout” of live facial recognition technology has sparked warnings from MPs and civil liberties groups that it could lead to miscarriages of justice.
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Conservative MP Sir David Davis
Former Conservative cabinet minister Sir David Davis said error rates in the technology, particularly affecting ethnic minority groups, risked repeating mistakes seen in the Post Office Horizon scandal, where courts relied too heavily on computer evidence.
Sir David said:
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