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live facial recognition technology (LFR) in London. Youth worker Shaun Thompson and Silkie Carlo, from campaign group Big Brother Watch, brought the claim over concerns
Live facial recognition systems, [as Robert wrote in this explainer](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/may/03/how-does-live-facial-recognition-work-and-how-many-uk-police-forces-use-it), scan faces captured on camera and compare them against watchlists compiled by police or private operators. If the system identifies a potential
technology, which combine footage recorded on body-worn cameras with software to provide retrospective facial recognition searches. A BBC investigation in 2023 also [uncovered more than 150 reports of camera misuse by forces in England