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Police secretly conducting facial recognition searches of passport database

Police secretly conducting facial recognition searches of passport database

The Telegraph — Revelation sparks concern among MPs and watchdogs over implications for data protection and relationship between the citizen and the state
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UK police forces rapidly expanding use of controversial lie detector tests

UK police forces rapidly expanding use of controversial lie detector tests

The i Paper — Researchers have warned that the science around "lie detectors" remains contentious and additional safeguards are needed
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Police across Britain equipped with live facial recognition bodycams

Police across Britain equipped with live facial recognition bodycams

The i Paper — 'Live facial recognition is a dystopian mass surveillance technology which turns us all into walking ID cards,' one privacy group warned
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Hundreds of thousands of innocent people on police databases as facial recognition use soars

Hundreds of thousands of innocent people on police databases as facial recognition use soars

The i Paper — The use of facial recognition technology has rocketed, despite warnings that it is opaque and open to abuse
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IBM promised to back off facial recognition - then it signed a $69.8 million contract to provide ...

IBM promised to back off facial recognition - then it signed a $69.8 million contract to provide ...

The Verge — IBM promised to abandon developing general-purpose facial recognition for surveillance. Does a new UK government contract fit that bill?
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Police are unlawfully storing data of former suspects

Police are unlawfully storing data of former suspects

openDemocracy — Police forces are unlawfully storing sensitive data of potentially millions of former suspects who have never been charged with a crime.
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Met only authorised baton rounds for black-led events, FOI reveals

Met only authorised baton rounds for black-led events, FOI reveals

The Guardian — Metropolitan police approved their use at Notting Hill carnival and Black Lives Matter protests in 2020
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Black remand prisoners held 70% longer than white counterparts in England and Wales

Black remand prisoners held 70% longer than white counterparts in England and Wales

The Guardian — Data also shows black defendants more likely to be held in prison - yet more likely to be acquitted
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Why We Can't Shake Ambergris

Why We Can't Shake Ambergris

Hakai Magazine — The odd, enduring appeal of a scarce commodity few people use and no one really needs.
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Inside the Spirituality 'Cult' Whose Members Allege Sexual and Financial Exploitation

Inside the Spirituality 'Cult' Whose Members Allege Sexual and Financial Exploitation

VICE — VICE World News spoke to dozens of ex-Modern Mystery School members, who described bizarre initiations, sexual coercion, and rampant profiteering.
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What happens when you have a heart attack on the way to Mars?

What happens when you have a heart attack on the way to Mars?

WIRED (UK) — Millions of kilometres from Earth, even a minor health scare could be fatal.
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Tome raiders: solving the great book heist

Tome raiders: solving the great book heist

The Guardian — When £2.5m of rare books were stolen in an audacious heist at Feltham in 2017, police wondered, what’s the story?
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Fighting The Infodemic: How Fake News Is Making Coronavirus Even More Dangerous

Fighting The Infodemic: How Fake News Is Making Coronavirus Even More Dangerous

Esquire — From 5G towers to miracle cures, it's infected everyone from your friends to President Trump. But there are people fighting fake news on the frontline.
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How Piers Morgan Became the Most Divisive Man in British Media

How Piers Morgan Became the Most Divisive Man in British Media

VICE UK — The 'Good Morning Britain' host has spent decades cultivating the persona that makes him a one-man clickbait machine.
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The Risky Business of Psychedelic Therapy - Elemental

The Risky Business of Psychedelic Therapy - Elemental

Medium — There is no shortage of individuals and companies offering psychedelic therapies outside the medical system. But are the services they offer safe?
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On the trail of Britain's wild big cats

On the trail of Britain's wild big cats

Observer Magazine — Hundreds of big cat sightings have been reported in Britain in the last three years. But is it pumas and panthers running wild - or our imagination?
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Inside the fight to save esports from big-money match fixers

Inside the fight to save esports from big-money match fixers

WIRED UK — As esports grows more and more appealing to bookmakers, it risks attracting the wrong kind of attention. Can it clear up its act?
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Meet the marathon cheats

Meet the marathon cheats

Observer Magazine — As runners get ready for next Sunday's New York Marathon, we look at what makes a person claim a medal when they haven't gone the full distance.
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Circle Or Sphere? Inside The UK's First 'Flat Earth' Conference

Circle Or Sphere? Inside The UK's First 'Flat Earth' Conference

Esquire — In the era of fake news, growing numbers of conspiracy theorists dispute that the earth is round. Esquire went to meet them.
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London's Housing Crisis Has Turned the Stratford Centre into a Homeless Shelter

London's Housing Crisis Has Turned the Stratford Centre into a Homeless Shelter

VICE UK — Homeless Londoners are gravitating towards the centre, raising questions about Newham's Olympic regeneration.
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This Is Your Body On Xanax

This Is Your Body On Xanax

VICE UK — What's going on in your body and brain 24 hours after taking the drug? What about two weeks?
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How Wetherspoon's Conquered Britain

How Wetherspoon's Conquered Britain

Esquire — From one pub in North London to 900 across the UK, the inexorable rise of 'Spoons' is one of the most remarkable business stories of our times, with a true British eccentric at the heart of it.
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The Story of Spice, the Street Drug That's Not Going Away

The Story of Spice, the Street Drug That's Not Going Away

VICE UK — It had humble beginnings, but the formerly legal high is now a runaway threat wreaking havoc on Britain's streets and prisons.
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Mayor's office: shutting fabric "would be like closing the Royal Albert Hall"

Mayor's office: shutting fabric "would be like closing the Royal Albert Hall"

Mixmag — Emails reveal behind-the-scenes fight to save fabric as well as opinion of the Met Police.
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