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Civil liberties group, Liberty, has said that legitimate and peaceful protests in the UK could be under threat from forceful and pre-emptive police tactics. This claim comes after environmental campaigners at this week's Extinctions Rebellion demonstrations were faced with pre-emptive arrest and "un

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Human rights group Liberty has won a ground-breaking legal challenge in the UK against police use of facial recognition technology. In a judgment handed down today, the Court of Appeal agreed with Liberty’s submissions, on behalf of Cardiff resident Ed Bridges, 37, and found South Wales Police

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A decision by South Wales Police to equip officers with mobile facial recognition technology, via an app, has been condemned by human rights group Liberty. The force’s new use of technology comes while the case against their use of facial recognition, brought by Liberty client Ed Bridges, is y

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