UK Facial Recognition System Reportedly Exhibits Higher False Positive Rates for Black and Asian Subjects
Date: 2025-12-05
Affected: British Law Enforcement, Government Of The United Kingdom, Home Office, Law Enforcement, Metropolitan Police, Unknown Facial Recognition Technology Developers
Attack vector: privacy-violation
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1305: UK Facial Recognition System Reportedly Exhibits Higher False Positive Rates for Black and Asian Subjects. Alleged deployer/developer: British Law Enforcement, Government Of The United Kingdom, Home Office, Law Enforcement, Metropolitan Police, Unknown Facial Recognition Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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