{
  "id": 664985,
  "title": "Live facial recognition cameras to be used on UK’s busiest shopping street",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/live-facial-recognition-cameras-to-be-used-on-uks-busiest-shopping",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-12T12:22:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/12/live-facial-recognition-cameras-oxford-street"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sadiq Khan has indicated the technology will be deployed on London’s Oxford Street despite human rights concerns The Metropolitan police are understood to be planning to use live facial recognition (LFR) technology on Britain’s busiest shopping street. In June, the Met said it would introduce the technology in London’s West End by Christmas and into a further six areas next year. Sadiq Khan, the…",
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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."
}