Facial recognition to be rolled out nationwide in major police reforms

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/facial-recognition-major-police-reforms-shabana-mahmood-ai-b1268231.html

It is kinda nuts that the alleged warnings of the past were just priming us into thinking it is all ok for them to do.

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gray@lemmy.ml · 33 pts · 242d (6 replies)

Maybe mention what nation for the international audience?

mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 242d (2 replies)

Not OP, but it's the UK

ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com · 13 pts · 242d (1 reply)
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mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 241d

They're probably trying to avoid giving Scotland even more reasons to not try to secede again

ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 240d (2 replies)

The url is co.uk.

gray@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 240d (1 reply)

Colombi.Ukraine?

ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 239d

Nailed it. 👍

despite_velasquez@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 241d

This is how you rule from a position of deep unpopularity

umbrella@lemmy.ml · 20 pts · 241d
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MoonMelon@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 242d (2 replies)

New Year's Resolution: I'm going to "reform" my body by going from obese to morbidly obese.

ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online · 3 pts · 242d

Why not become thin and simply wear a Weird Al 'I'm fat' suit?

machiavellian@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 241d

Made me chuckle. Truly a comment-of-the-month material.