New laws planned to regulate live facial recognition cameras

BBC reports new laws to regulate live facial recognition cameras; the items give no details. Separate coverage says a Western Australia police trial scanned one million faces, leading to 122 arrests.

Timeline

1. 4 Nov, 09:30 UTCFirst appeared on Google Trends
2. 4 Nov, 09:30 UTCBBC reports new facial recognition laws
3. 4 Nov, 10:11 UTCReached #1 on TrendHeat

Top sources

• live facial recognition legal frameworkGoogle Trends
• Behold, Western Australia’s march toward a Chinese-style surveillance stateThe Spectator Australia
• Police use facial recognition to scan one million faces in WA trial leading to 122 arrestsThe Guardian
• Opinion | He was accused of being a predator. The case rested on a mismatch.The Washington Post