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Facial recognition cameras to be turned on in London
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January 24, 2020
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1:58Now PlayingThe Metropolitan Police is to use facial recognition cameras operationally on the streets of London for the first time.
They'll be switched on within a month, in an effort to find specific people suspected of serious or violent crimes.
But privacy campaigners question the system's accuracy - and say the move is a "serious threat to civil liberties".
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