{
  "id": 18416596,
  "title": "Police to deploy facial recognition on CCTV networks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/police-to-deploy-facial-recognition-on-cctv-networks-18416596",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T00:51:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTHK English",
    "slug": "rthk-english",
    "url": "https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1876757-20261106.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Police said facial recognition technology will be rolled out across its CCTV network this month to assist in criminal searches and locate high-risk missing persons, with some of the captured data stored for up to 180 days. Officers said they have so far installed around 10,000 cameras under the SmartView initiative, alongside connections to a further 10,000 from other government departments and…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}