{"id":22383,"date":"2026-03-19T16:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/essex-police-pause-facial-recognition-camera-use-after-study-finds-racial-bias\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:37:19","slug":"essex-police-pause-facial-recognition-camera-use-after-study-finds-racial-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/essex-police-pause-facial-recognition-camera-use-after-study-finds-racial-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"Essex police pause facial recognition camera use after study finds racial bias"},"content":{"rendered":"

Academics discover black people \u2018significantly more likely\u2019 to be identified when compared with other ethnic groups<\/p>\n

Essex police have paused the use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology after a study found cameras were significantly more likely to target black people than people of other ethnicities.<\/p>\n

The move to suspend use of the AI-enabled systems was revealed<\/a> by the Information Commissioner\u2019s Office (ICO), which regulates the use of the technology deployed so far by at least 13 police forces in London, south and north Wales, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Hampshire, Bedfordshire, Suffolk, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, Surrey and Sussex.<\/p>\n

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\nAcademics discover black people \u2018significantly more likely\u2019 to be identified when compared with other ethnic groups
\nEssex police have paused the use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology after a study found cameras were significantly more likely to target black people than people of other ethnicities.
\nThe move to suspend use of the AI-enabled systems was revealed by the Information Commissioner\u2019s Office (ICO), which regulates the use of the technology deployed so far by at least 13 police forces in London, south and north Wales, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Hampshire, Bedfordshire, Suffolk, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, Surrey and Sussex. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Academics discover black people \u2018significantly more likely\u2019 to be identified when compared with other ethnic groups Essex police have paused the use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology after a study found cameras were significantly more likely to target black people than people of other ethnicities. The move to suspend use of the AI-enabled systems …<\/p>\n

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