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Re:UK expands police facial recognition rollout with 10 new ... by zosima on Thursday August 14, 2025 @07:09AM (#44899037)
> the EU has literally banned facial recognition by law enforcement across the entire bloc.

This is simply wrong:

They have banned _live_ facial recognition - and with exemptions such as e.g. for terrorism and other severe crimes, which is becoming quite broad.

They are allowing facial recognition when done after-the-fact for law enforcement. Probably also for petty crimes.

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Re:UK expands police facial recognition rollout with 10 new ... by permo-w on Thursday August 14, 2025 @07:28AM (#44899162)
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240308IP...

if you're going to change the central focus of your comment, do it in a reply not an edit

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Re:UK expands police facial recognition rollout with 10 new ... by zosima on Thursday August 14, 2025 @07:54AM (#44899324)
I edited mine after you edited yours.

Here is an article about live/post facial recognition:

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-ai-facial-recognition-tec...

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Re:UK expands police facial recognition rollout with 10 new ... by permo-w on Thursday August 14, 2025 @08:23AM (#44899560)
I edited mine to add additional observation, leaving the central focus the same. your edit entirely changed the meaning of your comment, changing the meaning of my reply
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