Met police to use facial recognition software at Notting Hill carnival

Civil liberties groups say plan to scan faces of thousands of revellers at London event has no basis in law and is discriminatory Police will use facial recognition software to scan the faces of tens of thousands of revellers at this year's Notting Hill carnival even though civil liberties groups believe such an action would be discriminatory. The Metropolitan police has described the planned deployment as a pilot project intended to look for suspected troublemakers to keep those attending safe....