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UK reconsiders facial-recognition regulatory regime after evidence of bias

By Patricia Figueiredo ( December 10, 2025, 16:10 GMT | Insight) -- Findings of demographic bias in the facial-recognition system used by UK police forces triggered questions by lawmakers on Tuesday, after a government-commissioned testing published last week showed higher false-positive rates for Black women and uneven accuracy by gender and ethnicity. The Information Commissioner’s Office said it was disappointed to only recently learn about “historical bias” in the system, and asked the government for urgent clarification. The controversy came only days after the UK started consulting on a new regulatory regime for police use of biometrics.A UK government move to develop a new legal framework for police use of facial recognition is drawing fresh scrutiny, after lawmakers raised concerns over new evidence of demographic bias in the system used across police forces and supplied by Cognitec, a tech company based in Dresden, Germany....

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