Expert rejects Met police claim that study backs bias-free live facial recognition use Academic says sample size was too small to claim new sensitivity guidelines have removed racial, gender or age bias The Metropolitan police’s claims that their use of live facial recognition is bias-free are not substantiated by the report they cite to support their case, a leading expert on the technology has said. The Met is planning its biggest and most high profile use of LFR yet this bank holiday weekend at Notting Hill carnival in west London. Continue reading...

Expert rejects Met police claim that study backs bias-free live facial recognition use

‘The dream to know everything about everyone’: Affordances of commercial… | Pete Fussey New paper published in Theoretical Criminology today, written with Katerina Hadjimatheou. We analyse how digital law enforcement intelligence/information handling platforms shape policing practices in...

New paper in @theoreticalcrim.bsky.social w/Kat Hadjimatheou on police digital intelligence/info platforms.

Focuses on digital nuancing of policing, inc. form & temporalities of suspicion. Empirical & theorised through STS + Cohen's work; 'digital netwidening'. OA
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The Biometrics & Surveillance Cam Commissioner isn't a "regulator" either, as set out in the enabling legislation.

Turkey's crackdown on protesters: from Internet restrictions to facial recognition
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Banning face coverings, expanding facial recognition – how the UK government and police are eroding protest rights Being identified was once only a possibility, now it is a near certainty.

@daragh.bsky.social & me discuss human rights implications of 'new' UK protest laws in the context of expanding surveillance in @theconversation.com: theconversation.com/banning-face...

London expands CCTV network in ‘tech race against crime’ Councils rush to tool up with AI cameras as police grapple with surge in street crime

In today's #FT on surveillance expansion in London. Beyond rights determinations, considering how professed public safety dividends are evidenced.
During public spending cuts, questions arise over whether public safety best served via investment in untested technology.
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Many thanks to Univ Côte d'Azur for opportunity to keynote this exceptional event +interact with scholars working on #facialrecognition in Europe & US. Organised by @clequesne.bsky.social who's excellent work on FRT & urban security highlights the quality of work existing outside anglophone debates

What a great event on law enforcement use of #FRT with fantastic presentations & provocative keynotes by @petefussey.bsky.social @hartzog.bsky.social @evanselinger.bsky.social & closing words of Karen Yeung! Many thanks to wonderful @clequesne.bsky.social for the impeccable organisation! #AI

De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Criminology The De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Criminology examines how digital devices spread and cut across all fields of crime and control. Providing a glossary of key theoretical, methodological and criminolo...

De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Criminology now published as open access. I've written a short essay on #facialrecognition exploring how FRT structures & alters suspicion. The book is worth reading for the great range of essays in this developing area of criminology
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Official LP Release at The Water Rats, London on 06 Mar 2025 Buy tickets for Official LP Release at The Water Rats, London

BS probs the wrong forum but in my alternative (non-academic) life as a musician: Album launch/gig @ London's storied Water Rats (Kings X) Thursday (site of Dylan's 1st UK gig and Lenin's old watering hole!). Playing with some rudely talented musicians. All welcome! www.musicglue.com/blairjolland...

Co-facilitating this w/ @unhumanrights.bsky.social Special Procedures, @unisouthampton.bsky.social & European Centre for Not-for-Profit Law @rightscon.org #Taipei. Exploring implementation of human rights standards for police tech at protests we worked on last yr w/OHCHR UNODC SR FOAA. All welcome

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Brilliant. And what a great choice if if you’re rationing venue visits! It’s an admittedly low bar but 100 Club staff are among the loveliest I’ve encountered on the London circuit.

This optimism bias on Bluesky is getting out of control!

Nothing tops that annoying paperclip in Windows ME...

Our research centre @crispsurv.bsky.social is hosting a major exhibition & series of events on Orwell. Starts with Hans K Clausen's 'The Winston Smith Library of Victory and Truth' at Stirling. Other events include a performance lecture by Bill Drummond (KLF), screenings, talks and more. All welcome

Exactly. And on context, imagine if that action was preceded by literally hundreds of other gestures that align exactly with the very same sentiment... I genuinely don't understand how this can be a matter for debate...

Rufus Wainwright - Going To A Town (Official Music Video) YouTube video by RufusWainwrightVEVO

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Incontrovertible proof that Jungle is, indeed, massive…

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States Granted Leave to Oppose Clearview AI Privacy Settlement A federal judge granted 22 states and the District of Columbia leave to file amicus briefs opposing a settlement to resolve claims that facial recognition company Clearview AI violated biometric priva...

The U.S. legal saga of Clearview AI continues: 22 state attorneys general don't like the class action settlement that grants people in the database a stake in the company and are challenging it: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Square One Lack Of Afro · Album · 2023 · 12 songs

On it. In the meantime, this is last year but… hardly left my turntable. open.spotify.com/album/0nDTto...

I remember that! (And enjoyed them too.) I also used to do an annual album rundown on FB. Had the unexpected benefit of forcing me to keep exploring new music as winter arrived too.

It sounds like you've just volunteered to restart the tradition!

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Surveillance & Society / SSN is looking for new Associate Editors for 3-year terms, to help spread our article review workload. Associate Editors are also members of the Network & Editorial Board which manages the journal and SSN. For more details, see here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

CRUEL WORLD - BLAIR JOLLANDS OFFICIAL VIDEO YouTube video by Blair Jollands

Had a lot of fun making this. Have spent most of my life playng music & v fortunate to have ended up collaborating with such talented musicians (& exceptional humans). None of whom on this platform yet, sadly... Blair's vox are just a thing of beauty www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p9b...

What number did you give? (Asking for a friend...!)

Ronan Farrow on surveillance spyware: ‘It threatens democracy and freedom’ The investigative journalist takes on the shadowy world of invasive surveillance technology in frightening new documentary Surveilled

Interesting new documentary on #spyware #surveillance... www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...