Facial recognition technology: Time to face the facts

Scanning CCTV with facial recognition technology is proposed as an effective tool in preventing crime, but evidence suggests it is not the panacea that some claim it to be

The Metropolitan Police in Britain are planning wider uses of facial recognition technology. Picture: PA

The riots in Dublin city centre on November 23 precipitated a heavy fallout on multiple fronts, from the social to the legal to the political.

The most immediate political effect was the escalation of the pressure on the shoulders of Minister for Justice Helen McEntee from mild to extreme in the space of scarcely 10 hours.