February 2020
First person in Britain to be convicted of FGM – The mother of a three-year-old girl has become the first person to be found guilty of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the UK. The girl’s Ugandan mother was prosecuted under FGM laws after using a ‘witch’ to help her carry out the surgery at her […]
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February 2020
Enroy Ruddock has been sentenced to life in prison today for the murder of Emmanuel Lukenga. He will have to serve a minimum of 21 years before he can apply for parole. Bradley Richardson and Matthew Kinchen were both also sentenced to life with a minimum 22 year and 19 year term respectively. Kyle Kinchen […]
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September 2019
Kings Cross facial recognition plans – Developers said they wanted facial-recognition software to spot people on the site who had previously committed an offence there. The detail has emerged in a letter one of its managers sent to the London mayor, on 14 August. Sadiq Khan had sought reassurance using facial recognition on the site […]
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August 2019
School ID checks lead to GDPR fine – A watchdog has penalised a local authority for trialling facial recognition on high-school students in Sweden to keep track of attendance. The Swedish Data Protection Authority (DPA) fined the Skelleftea municipality 200,000 Swedish Krona (£16,800, $20,700) for flouting a privacy law. The trial involved tracking 22 students over […]
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August 2019
A leading Chinese facial recognition provider has filed papers for a listing on Hong Kong’s stock exchange. Megvii – the maker of the Face++ system – is one of the country’s best known artificial intelligence (AI) companies. Earlier this year, a Western study suggested its face-checking tech was more accurate than rival systems from Amazon […]
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