"The High Court ultimately agreed with the Met's lawyers that 'the Policy contains adequate and lawful constraints' over how and where the technology can be used."
"The court said it 'heard no developed or meaningful challenge on discrimination grounds' that would allow it to accept the argument regarding disproportionate deployment rates."
"Although a properly evidenced discrimination challenge may succeed if the policy has 'the effect of discriminating against a section of the community', this point was only 'faintly asserted' by the claimant's lawyers."
The UK High Court dismissed a judicial review case against the Metropolitan Police's live facial-recognition technology, affirming that adequate constraints exist to prevent misuse. The case was brought by Shaun Thompson and Silkie Carlo, who argued the Met's policy allowed excessive discretion in deployment. The court found that the Met's policy included clear criteria, preventing arbitrary use. Although concerns about disproportionate impacts on ethnic minorities were raised, the court noted a lack of substantial evidence to support claims of discrimination.
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