For
It helps catch criminals faster and keeps streets safer.
Against
It invades privacy and can misidentify innocent people.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“Since early 2024, Live Facial Recognition has helped officers locate more than 1,500 dangerous offenders in London.”
“For the Police, that is a great outcome, as prior to using the image recognition software, they would need to look through 40,000 images”
“A woman was detained for nearly six months for a crime she did not commit because facial-recognition AI misidentified her, losing her home, car, and dog.”
“There are at least seven confirmed cases of misidentification due to facial recognition technology, six of which involve Black people who have been wrongfully accused.”