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London's Metropolitan Police have been urged to back down on plans to once again use facial recognition software at next weekend's Notting Hill Carnival. Privacy groups including Big Brother Watch, Liberty and Privacy International have written to police commissioner Cressida Dick (PDF) calling for a U-turn on the use of the tech. Automated facial recognition technology will snap the party-goers' faces, and run them against a database. The aim is to alert cops to people who are banned from the festival or are wanted by the police, presumably so they can take immediate action. The tech was first tested at the festival - where relations between police and revellers are often strained - last year, but it failed to identify anyone.

Alex Najibi's research into racial discrimination within facial recognition technology

Facial recognition technology stealing our feelings

The Atlas of Surveillance is a database of the surveillance technologies deployed by law enforcement in communities across the United States. This includes drones, body-worn camera, automated license plate readers, facial recognition, and more.

Smart TV voice recognition software could transmit 'personal or other sensitive information' to a third party, Samsung's policy warns

"Physical public spaces are increasingly being digitised through technologies such as surveillance cameras and facial recognition."

"Nearly three years after the company was called out, it hasn't gone beyond a quick workaround"