Gemini said
British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced a nationwide expansion of facial recognition technology, increasing the UK’s fleet of surveillance vans from 10 to over 50. The software being used is provided by Corsight AI, an Israel-based firm whose technology has been extensively deployed by the Israeli military to track and detain Palestinians at checkpoints in Gaza. This partnership has sparked significant backlash from human rights organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, who argue the technology facilitates mass privacy violations and has been “battle-tested” in conflict zones.
Date: January 28, 2026. Source: aljazeera.com