{
  "id": 18122734,
  "title": "UK to deploy facial recognition in biggest-ever immigration crackdown",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/uk-to-deploy-facial-recognition-in-biggest-ever-immigration-crackdown",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-04T12:15:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/nov/04/uk-deploy-facial-recognition-biggest-ever-immigration-crackdown"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Documents show Home Office developing programme to use technology for general immigration enforcement The Home Office is preparing to deploy facial recognition technology at transport hubs and public events as part of the biggest immigration enforcement crackdown in British history. Policy documents show the government has been developing a programme to deploy live facial recognition (LFR)…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}