00:02oxland street would be among the first areas in the country to have permanent live facial recognition
00:10infrastructure scanning the faces of people passing through and comparing them with a watch
00:16list of wanted suspects the technology has been widely criticized by human rights groups
00:22with one organization describing it as unregulated the cameras will likely be installed in december
00:30and could be attached to street furniture such as lam posts it comes as part of oxford street
00:38has been pedestrianized with plans for the whole street to eventually become traffic free the
00:47metropolitan police plans to use static live facial recognition cameras in the whole of london's west
00:54end and in soho which have some of the highest crime rates in london the government's launched a public
01:02consultation in december 2025 to develop a legal framework for law enforcement use of biometrics
01:10facial recognition and similar technology the home office is expected to publish its response to said
01:22public consultation later this parliamentary session
