10 August 2026
Police mass AI surveillance pilot draws rebuke from privacy experts
More than 130,000 faces have already been scanned under WA Police's landmark facial recognition trial. The privacy watchdog, experts and Aboriginal advocates are raising concerns about who could be caught in its net.
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