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It said the tech would not replace "human decision-making" and was subject to legal oversight.

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Cooper defends live facial recognition expansion amid privacy row The Home Secretary said ‘safeguards and protections’ would govern use of the cameras.

Today we’ve been looking at live facial recognition technology - how it’s used and how it works - as the UK government announced the expansion of its use by police forces in England.