Investigations editor @LInvestigates. Ex- @openDemocracy, @BigIssue, @HuffPostUK, @hackneygazette. Mentor @JSchofieldTrust
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May 5
NEW: Police are exploring new ways of using facial recognition, including:
🤳 Facial recognition apps on officers' phones
👮 Real-time searches using bodycam footage
🚁 Facial recognition drones at protests
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May 5
It comes as watchdogs warn the technology is not as effective as claimed and that oversight is lagging, as revealed by the Guardian on Sunday theguardian.com/technology/n…
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EXCLUSIVE: UK police are exploring radical new ways of using facial recognition:
🤳 Facial recognition apps on officers' phones
👮 Real-time searches using bodycam footage
🚁 Facial recognition drones at protests
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NEW: 12 British universities have paid a private firm run by former military intelligence officials to “spy” on student protesters and academics, including those expressing solidarity with Palestine, it can be revealed.
Our latest exposé w/@AJEnglish👇
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Apr 20
AJ Exclusive: Twelve UK universities paid a private firm run by former military intelligence officials to 'spy' on student protesters and academics, including those who have expressed solidarity with Palestine, it can be revealed aje.news/30ic1p
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Apr 1
UK police have been running composite sketches through facial recognition software
Latest @LInvestigates piece with @prospect_uk is a comprehensive look at the emergence of facial recognition in UK policing, and what's coming next prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas…
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Mar 19
🚨Essex police paused its use of live facial recognition after tests found only half of the people on its watchlist were correctly identified by the cameras
White people were also less likely than Asian or Black people to be correctly identified
BREAKING: A UK police force has halted its use of live facial recognition cameras after identifying ‘accuracy and bias risks’ 🧵 1/4
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BREAKING: A UK police force has halted its use of live facial recognition cameras after identifying ‘accuracy and bias risks’ 🧵 1/4
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Come and work for The Dispatch! We are looking for a new reporter to join the team, pls share far and wide. Deadline: 22 March.
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Mar 4
Alvi Choudhury was arrested and held for 11 hours over a burglary in a town he’s never been to. Why? Because he was flagged by facial recognition tech
Great to see our work at @LInvestigates get picked up so widely in the last week theguardian.com/technology/2…
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Mar 4
Last year, we revealed police had requested to use this tech at biased settings to get more potential matches
Alvi's case is the human impact of that. He said officers laughed when he asked if he looked anything like the burglary suspect caught on CCTV theguardian.com/technology/2…
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Mar 9
Here's David Lammy being been asked about Alvi Choudhury and facial recognition on Sky News x.com/SaulStaniforth/status/…
"Alvi Choudary has been wrongly identified because of the use of retrospective facial recognition technology. There are concerns that the technology has a bias.. is this technology safe & will you continue its use?"
Lammy "My assessment is its safe in the vast majority of cases"
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7 years after Hackney resisted the eviction of the Ridley Road Shopping Village, 4 years after @hackneycouncil agreed to take over the lease, traders are threatened with summary eviction AGAIN!
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20 Dec 2025
EXCLUSIVE
The Metropolitan police have been using powers they no longer have to crack down on pro-Palestine protests, according to legal experts.
Our latest w/@guardian
@PSCupdates
@IJAN_Network
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15 Dec 2025
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Police are trialling AI tech to track drivers and find "suspicious" journeys on UK roads.
Here’s what we found 🧵👇
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15 Dec 2025
🚨We're hiring!
Liberty Investigates is looking for an ambitious investigative journalist to expose and challenge abuses of power and violations of human rights
It's a 12-month fixed-term contract. Details at the link below #journojobs libertyhumanrights.org.uk/wo…
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🚨 WE’RE HIRING! 🚨
Liberty Investigates is looking for an ambitious investigative journalist on a 12-month fixed-term contract
If you’d like to come and work with us, find out more and apply for the job at the link below 👇
#journojobs libertyhumanrights.org.uk/wo…
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10 Dec 2025
🚨EXCLUSIVE: Police forces rejected safeguards designed to reduce racial and gender bias in the UK’s national facial recognition system.
The reason?
Forces were unhappy that a less biased version of the technology produced fewer investigative leads. 🧵
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9 Dec 2025
At least Derby 07/08 and Saints 24/25 were newly promoted teams. Wolves have been in the PL since 2018.
This is managed decline on an unforgivable scale. The protests will only get bigger and louder.
A club in decay, a fanbase without hope.
9 Dec 2025
The cheapest price for a season ticket in a covered seat at Wolves' Molineux ground is £735, a lot of money in a working-class area of high unemployment.
The most expensive ticket at Molineux costs £939. In a pound-per-point ratio for the 2025-26 season at home, that’s, well, £939 per point.
Their other point came in an away draw.
To non-sport fans, voluntarily putting yourself through this purgatory is pretty difficult to explain.
@TimSpiers tries ⬇️
🔗 nytimes.com/athletic/6873969…
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8 Dec 2025
Wolves fans on the Wright side of history. Fighting for their club, making their point about wretched owners. “We want Fosun out.” “You’ve sold the team. Now sell the club.” Protest outside Molineux, fans enter game late. #wwfc #WOLMUN
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