Legal victory over facial recognition
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
The use of facial recognition in public by a UK police force was unlawful, says the Court of Appeal. Plus how a new global policy network aims to help reign in the power of big technology firms. And China’s Xinhua dictionary gains a raft of tech terms. Presented by Zoe Kleinman, with BBC reporter David Molloy. Produced by Jat Gill.
(Image: Stock photo of a British police officer standing in front of a crowd. Credit: Getty Images).
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| 0:45.0 | I'm Zoe Kleinman and on today's show we find out how privacy and human rights campaigners have |
| 0:50.0 | scored a court victory against the use of automatic facial recognition by the police. |
| 0:55.3 | As concerns grow among lawmakers about the unconstrained power of giant tech firms, |
| 1:00.6 | will find out about a new global network of legal and technology experts who aim to rein in big tech. |
| 1:07.8 | And the latest edition of China's Shinhua Dictionary, the first in nine years, gets a |
| 1:14.1 | raft of tech-related words. I'll be trying my hand at a few of them. Spoiler, I'm not |
| 1:19.5 | a natural at Mandarin. With me on the show is my colleague, the BBC tech reporter David |
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