👁️Live facial recognition turns us all into walking ID cards "Police are being left to write their own rules" about how & where this Orwellian tech is deployed, Rebecca Vincent says on BBC London. Tell the Met Police to #StopFacialRecognition⤵️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop…

🚨We've just launched a new report: 'Suspicion by Design' After years of digging, today we can finally share the findings of our long-term investigation into a hidden system of intense surveillance targeting the most vulnerable people in Britain. We found that these models are

We asked former Labour minister David Blunkett and Big Brother Watch’s Rebecca Vincent whether digital IDs could modernise government—or condemn us to intolerable state surveillance. prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/70453…

🆔A mandatory digital ID "is really about the government wanting access to, and control of, all of our data" Rebecca Vincent tells Prospect & former Labour home secretary David Blunkett why such a digital ID scheme is a threat to our rights Read⤵️ prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/70453…

“All of us could end up on a national facial recognition watchlist, which is fairly dystopian.” Big Brother Watch’s Rebecca Vincent debates David Blunkett on ID cards. prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/70453…

🚨Breaking: Met Police to use live facial recognition to scan everyone's faces at Notting Hill Carnival “It is worrying to see the Met resorting to the use of invasive live facial recognition technology at this year's Notting Hill Carnival after scrapping it when a prior trial

👁️Live facial recognition to be used at the Notting Hill Carnival this year. "The Met should channel its resources into a proper on-the-ground police presence...rather than compromising the privacy rights of millions..." - Rebecca Vincent Read⤵️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

🚨Urgent update from our director Silkie Carlo on her legal challenge to #StopFacialRecognition: A court has just ordered that if I lose, we could have to pay £70,000 to the Met Police. I need your urgent help to keep fighting. Donate today⤵️ crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facial-…

"You’re not going to want to miss our headline debate at the upcoming IAI Live: The Price of Being No One. Streaming live on the 4th of August at 06:00PM BST. Once seen as a pillar of online freedom, anonymity was designed to protect privacy, enable open expression, and guard

🆔A secretive proposal drafted by the Tony Blair Institute on digital ID is being reportedly considered by the Government "A mandatory digital ID would give the government unprecedented access to all of our personal data" - Rebecca Vincent Read⤵️ standard.co.uk/comment/digita…

🎧: The government is considering introducing digital ID cards. But is it a good idea? Former Labour Home Secretary David Blunkett debates Big Brother Watch’s Rebecca Vincent on the Prospect Podcast. prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/70780…

🚨YOUR passport photo has secretly been turned into a facial recognition police mugshot - putting everyone's privacy at risk. 📢 We can announce today that we're set to pursue legal action against the Home Office & Met Police alongside Privacy International. READ |

🚨Breaking: Home Office announces UNPRECEDENTED expansion of Orwellian live facial recognition technology. "This unprecedented escalation in the use of facial recognition technology across the UK is alarming and represents a significant expansion of the surveillance state. Live

⚠️The Met Police will be scanning everyone's faces at Notting Hill Carnival later this month. "Police and private sector alike are being left to write their own rules for where and how it is used", Rebecca Vincent writes for City A.M. Read⤵️ cityam.com/notting-hill-c…

👀 Is this the summer of facial recognition? Seven more police forces across the UK will soon be rolling it out - a massive escalation I’ve been speaking to media all day about the dangers of this invasive tech & why we urgently need legislation to protect our rights.

Police use of live facial recognition heats up over the summer, UK internet users are now forced onto a childproofed version of the web, and hundreds of peaceful protesters have been arrested for supporting Palestine Action. All in my new City A.M. column🗞️ cityam.com/notting-hill-c…

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 We've led a joint letter with the UK’s leading rights & racial justice orgs to the Metropolitan Police urging them to scrap plans to deploy live facial recognition at #NottingHillCarnival READ⤵️ theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a…

‘This turns us all into a nation of suspects.’ Big Brother Watch’s Rebecca Vincent explains why the group is urging the Met Police to drop plans for ‘intrusive’ live facial recognition cameras at Notting Hill Carnival.

🚨The Home Office has reportedly agreed to DROP its demand that Apple allow government spying on encrypted messages. This is a welcome step towards protecting the privacy of millions of users in the UK. "We repeat our call on the Home Office to drop its use of Technical

🚨BREAKING: The Met Police's use of live facial recognition is UNLAWFUL - the UK's human rights regulator believes Today we can reveal to you that the EHRC will intervene in a landmark legal challenge to #StopFacialRecognition brought by our director Silkie Carlo & Shaun