JOINT LETTER TO PM KEIM STARMER: SURVEILLANCE IS NOT THE ANSWER

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JOINT LETTER TO PM KEIM STARMER: SURVEILLANCE IS NOT THE ANSWER

9 August 2024 – Alongside Amnesty International, Privacy International, Big Brother Watch and others, the European Network Against Racism signed a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer to voice serious concerns over a planned expansion of surveillance through the use of facial recognition technology following racist riots across the UK.

Read the letter:

Joint-letter-to-Keir-Starmer-re-expansion-of-facial-recognition-technology-090824

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For more information, reach out to communications@enar-eu.org.

By Klara Avsec

August 9, 2024

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