The Mick Clifford Podcast: Facing up to policing

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Facing up to policing

Facial recognition technology is now firmly on the political agenda after the riots in Dublin. The technology, which is in use in many countries, assists police to finding and identifying suspects. 

There are, however, fears about how it is used and whether it can be misused. 

This week’s guest, Olga Cronin, Senior Policy Officer at the ICCL, gives the lowdown on the pros and cons of a technology that is, one way or the other, going to be in the news for some time.