In England, London's Metropolitan Police is setting up its first permanent facial recognition cameras in Croydon, a suburb in South London, starting this summer to help fight crime. These cameras will be placed on buildings and lamp posts along North End and London Road. Privacy rights groups oppose the move. But the Labour Party government hopes to expand the use of facial recognition and is seeking bids to supply police departments with the cameras.
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