Civil liberties groups reject police error rate calculations
1 Nov 1 9:00 PM · 10d ago · 2 articles · 1 post · 3 sources · development 1 of 1
Bill Rowlings of Civil Liberties Australia said police were 'severely gilding the lily' and argued the error rate should instead be calculated by how many of the 122 arrests result in convictions. Sarah Schwartz of the Human Rights Law Centre questioned whether mass biometric surveillance is proportionate in a democracy and raised concerns about deployments at public demonstrations.
“We will only know what the incorrect rate is when the 122 people arrested have their day in court.”
Bill RowlingsCol Blanch WA police commissionerBill Rowlings Chief executive, Civil Liberties AustraliaSarah Schwartz Legal director, Human Rights Law CentreWestern Australia Police Trial operator
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2 outlets Police use facial recognition to scan one million faces in WA trial leading to 122 arrests
first by Guardian Tech, 9d ago · also Guardian
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“More than a million people have had their faces scanned in a trial of real-time facial recognition technology in Western Australia, resulting in 122 arrests and nine [“]incorrect alerts[“].” # auspol # laborvalues https://www. theguardian.com/australia-news /2026/nov/02/wa-police-facial-recognition-technology-trial
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https://www. europesays.com/thestates/10983 6/ Police use facial recognition to scan one million faces in WA trial leading to 122 arrests | Western Australia # Washington # WashingtonState
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