Blaze@quokk.au to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 2 days agoMore than 170 arrests in Met's Croydon facial recognition trialwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up127file-text
arrow-up127external-linkMore than 170 arrests in Met's Croydon facial recognition trialwww.bbc.comBlaze@quokk.au to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
Crime reduced by 10.5% during the pilot from October 2025 to March 2026, the Metropolitan Police says.
minus-squareSenal@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoi agree with all of that. Genuine question though, is it propaganda? I mean it’s essentially: “Police install draconian system to to target the crimes of the peasants, while continuing to ignore the rich, system working as intended” Edit: wait no, actually i just saw the ‘Address fears’ section, they are clearly pretending this is the only problem.
i agree with all of that.
Genuine question though, is it propaganda?
I mean it’s essentially:
“Police install draconian system to to target the crimes of the peasants, while continuing to ignore the rich, system working as intended”
Edit: wait no, actually i just saw the ‘Address fears’ section, they are clearly pretending this is the only problem.