{
  "id": 17731976,
  "title": "Police use facial recognition to scan one million faces in WA trial leading to 122 arrests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/police-use-facial-recognition-to-scan-one-million-faces-in-wa-trial-17731976",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T02:02:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/02/wa-police-facial-recognition-technology-trial"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Deployments of surveillance vans over five months result in nine false alerts and led officers to engage with 146 registered sex offenders Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast More than a million people have had their faces scanned in a trial of real-time facial recognition technology in Western Australia, resulting in 122 arrests and nine incorrect alerts. WA police said…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}