The Home Office is looking to ramp up its use of controversial facial recognition technologies to track and find criminals within policing and other security agencies.
In a document released on Wednesday, the government outlined its ambitions to potentially deploy new biometric systems nationally over the next 12 to 18 months.
The move comes after privacy campaigners and independent academics criticised the technology for being inaccurate and biased, particularly against darker-skinned people. MPs have previously called for a moratorium on its use on the general population until clear laws are established by parliament.
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