00:01Privacy campaigners have lost a High Court challenge over the Metropolitan Police use of live facial recognition in public spaces.
00:09The ruling allows the Met Police to continue deploying the technology, which scans faces in crowds and compares them against
00:16watchlist systems.
00:18Campaigners, including Sean Thompson and Big Brother Watch's Silky Carlo, argued it risks discrimination and privacy breaches.
00:25The High Court rejected those claims, saying that there was no breach of human rights law.
00:32Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley called the decision a victory for public safety.
00:37The Home Office plans to expand the use of facial recognition vans across further regions in England and Wales.
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