Technology Met wins judicial review over live facial recognition but campaigners say the fight is ‘far from over’Catherine Levin23 April 2026 A legal review of the Met’s use of live facial recognition has found the policy is lawful after campaign groups claimed that its use had breached the human rights of a claimant mistakenly identified at a deployment early in 2024.
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