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In every reported case where police mistakenly arrested someone using facial recognition, that person has been Black
(www.businessinsider.com)
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@nieceandtows But we know that there is systemic racism in the police. There *is* vinegar in it.
@fishidwardrobe As far as the UK is concerned (re facial recognition) I recall the latest study has found false positives disproportionately higher for Black people and statistically significant.
The UK Police thought this acceptable and have continued the roll out of this tech. A judgement call that bakes a little bit more systemic racism into UK Policing with little to no accountability.
https://science.police.uk/site/assets/files/3396/frt-equitability-study_mar2023.pdf
PS. I'm not academically qualified to comment on the paper, but take an interest in these things.
@nieceandtows