Tag: Technology
Police widening use of live facial scanning with no clear legal grounds – peers
Police use of live facial recognition surveillance is being expanded without clear legal grounds, peers have warned.The Lords’ Justice and Home Affairs Committee has...
Driverless cars could be on some UK roads by the end of 2026 transport secretary says
Self-driving cars could be on the UK’s roads by 2026, the transport secretary has said.Mark Harper said the technology will boost road safety and...
Dame Priti Patel: Government ‘needs to act’ over EU control in Northern Ireland
The UK Government needs to act to over the “tentacles of EU control over Northern Ireland”, former Home Secretary Dame Priti Patel has said.As...
‘Facebook end-to-end encryption like turning a blind eye to child abuse’
Introducing end-to-end encryption on Facebook would be like “consciously turning a blind eye to child abuse”, the head of the National Crime Agency (NCA)...
Government not anti-encryption, says Technology Secretary
The Technology Secretary has defended the Online Safety Bill amid concerns the proposed legislation could undermine the use of encryption by big technology companies.The...