Australian state police to trial facial-recognition technology in public places
( June 23, 2026, 01:02 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The police force in the state of Western Australia will be trialing live facial-recognition technology in public places, the state government has announced. In a statement on Tuesday, the Western Australian government said the technology involves the deployment of “visible facial recognition cameras, mounted on or positioned in the vicinity of a marked police vehicle in designated public spaces.” The statement added that the cameras detect faces in real time and compare them against a “strictly controlled alert list consisting only of lawfully held police images.” The government said that the images of individuals who are not on the alert list are automatically pixelated in real time and are not saved.Statements follow....
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