We’ve been put on a watchlist 🚨 “It is deeply concerning to see the Prevent duty being used to enable the monitoring of people and organisations simply because they are critical of the programme.” It raises serious questions about the right to dissent and protest. 💬 ORG’s @sarahlasoye.bsky.social

The government is keeping a list of people who question their policies

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TOMORROW ⏰ Join us in London for the first community townhall event from the #SafetyNotSurveillance coalition. Hear about how the Met police are using AI and 'crime-predicting' tech. And get involved. 🗓️ 17 September 🕕 6-9pm 📍The Liberation Centre Sign up ➡️ www.openrightsgroup.org/events/safet...

“For local councils to have introduced widespread facial recognition across their network, without the knowledge or informed consent of the communities they serve, is nothing short of egregious.” read in full ➡️ libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/facial-recognition-cameras-preston-tyneside-cctv/

The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · last mo.

North Tyneside and Preston councils have more than 100 of the CCTV cameras and are scanning for faces in real time to detect aggressive behaviour

Coming up, the #SafetyNotSurveillance coalition is holding townhall events across the country. Join us to explore how AI and ‘crime-predicting’ tech is being used by local police forces. And what can be done about it. London – 17 September Manchester – 24 September Bristol – 1 October Book now ⬇️

Safety Not Surveillance – National Townhalls on AI and ‘crime-predicting’ technologies

This autumn, the #SafetyNotSurveillance coalition will host a series of community townhalls in London, Manchester and Bristol – bringing the public together to discuss the impacts of AI tools and ‘cri...

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Nottinghamshire Police could target children for anti-social behaviour using their intrusive and discriminatory face-scanning tech. We've joined Big Brother Watch and leading rights groups to tell the force to #StopFacialRecognition. Read the letter ➡️ www.openrightsgroup.org/app/uploads/...

Prevent referrals rocketed by almost 40% last year 🚨 Of those referred into this counter-terrorism programme, the majority were under 18. Almost 400 were children under 10! More than a third have a mental health condition or are neurodiverse. This is a huge expansion of the surveillance state.

Nearly 10,000 people referred to Prevent anti-terror scheme, figures show

The Home Office says the 10-year-high in referrals could be due to the 2024 Southport attacks.

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"People’s faces being scanned without consent and being added to lists is worrying enough, but the speed which Facewatch technology now makes it possible for someone to encounter the police force in the middle of their daily shop is a really dangerous escalation." 🗣️ Sarah Lasoye for ORG.

Alarm over launch of facial recognition in UK shops that instantly alerts police

Civil liberties groups say Facewatch system in stores such as Sainsbury’s and B&M is ‘dangerous escalation’

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It's right that Palantir, a firm powering ICE and the war in Gaza, is blocked from the Met Police. We must go further. We must ban so-called crime-predicting tools, "which claim to predict who will commit crimes and where. These systems undermine the presumption of innocence." 🗣️ ORG's Sarah Lasoye

Inside the Met Police's £750 million tech force and its battle to use AI

'Palantir is an explicitly political company.'

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