mass surveillance

When it comes to our digital rights, as with so many other things we hold dear, we are balancing on the edge of a precipice, human rights researcher Annina Claesson writes.

Campaigners have branded facial recognition technology as invasive and inaccurate. They say it is a tool for mass surveillance and disastrous policing and are calling for an overhaul of the technology. However, police say it is an invaluable tool for criminal investigations.