LFR benefits public safety and is free of discrimination. Modern systems almost entirely eliminate false positive rates while immediately discarding images of innocent civilians. Unlike intrusive stop-and-searches, LFR identifies actual offenders from specific databases without impacting law-abiding citizens. The science is clear, and Britain will be safer with this technology.
With LFR, the police are expanding the use of mass surveillance without parliamentary approval. This Orwellian technology treats every citizen as a suspect, capturing biometric data from thousands of innocent people daily. Unregulated use of such technology holds the potential to produce chilling effects on democratic freedoms and must be stopped immediately.
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