The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed

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The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed

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The UK Home Office continues with a plan to use facial recognition technology to verify the ages of asylum seekers, despite internal tests indicating significant risks of errors. The government proceeds with this flawed tech, raising concerns about potential impacts on vulnerable individuals.

Internal Home Office tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors. It’s moving forward anyway.

Security Politics AI & Tech UK Home Office facial recognition age verification asylum seekers technology flaws privacy concerns

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