About Tony Porter
Tony Porter is an author, educator and activist working to advance social justice issues. As the co-founder of A CALL TO MEN, Tony is internationally recognized for his efforts to prevent violence against women while promoting a healthy, respectful manhood.
Rolf Harris: The trial that sealed a predator's fate
... A production worker on an Australian TV show of Harris s, Tony Porter, flew to London to tell the trial about the time he saw the entertainer grope a make-up artist...
Met is known to the police, it records from King's Cross face is missing fits
... The concern I have about private organizations that works in the police have is the lack of control, said Tony Porter...
Live-face detection-monitoring must stop
... the UK surveillance camera Commissioner, Tony Porter, says there are a number of strict standards must be used, as the technology before it is adopted officially by the police...
Facial recognition in King's Cross prompts call for new laws
... Tony Porter, the surveillance camera commissioner, said he had made repeated calls for regulation to be strengthened...
Live-face detection-monitoring "must stop"
told UK police and companies need to stop with live Facial Recognition for public surveillance, politicians, and activists.
The technology allows faces to be caught checked on CCTV, in Real Time against watch-lists, often compiled by The Police .
privacy activists say it is wrong, Intrusive, and thus violates the individual's right to privacy.
But, say its makers, it helps protect The Public , as you can see the people how the terror suspect to catch, in a way, The Police .
The Home Office said it supports The Police ", how to use the test version of the new technologies for the protection of The Public , including face detection, which helps you to identify and locate the suspects and criminals".
"Surveillance-crisis'A letter, written by privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch, signed by More Than 18 politicians, including David Davis and Diane Abbott , Jo Swinson and Caroline Lucas . Twenty-five campaign groups, including Amnesty International and Liberty, plus academics and lawyers signed also.
they argue that face recognition is believed to be in the UK before they were taken right under the magnifying glass by the policy.
The Director of Big Brother Watch, Silkie Carlo, told the Victoria Derbyshire programme: "What we do is to say the implementation of this government:" Please can we open this debate and have this conversation.
"'But for God's sake, while it is on, it is now a monitoring of the crisis on our hands that needs to be stopped urgently'. "
suitwhen it was revealed, its owners were using face technology, without The Public 's say.
then both the Metropolitan Police and the British Transport Police appeared, had provided The Company with pictures you need for your database. Both had initially denied involvement.
the South Wales police, was taken to The High court on its study of the technology, from A Man who was caught on camera. The court ruled that it was allowed, though, that now with the appeal.
researchers are concerned that some systems are prone to distortion, as you are more likely to be women and dark-skinned people.
Areeq Chowdhury, head of Future Advocacy Think Tank , said that this was due to things like color, contrast, and confused on people of color and systems of cosmetics, while some systems were not trained enough, various records of people from different strata of the population.
"you could see a situation, to identify where you are innocent individuals from a specific minority. This means that you will be interrogated by The Police , even though they are innocent, and you can even said your information and image-recorded record, although he had committed no crime," he said.
Intercept terrorists, There is "no clarity" on The Rules for the face recognition technology, says Digital barriers CEO Zak DoffmanDigital barriers is a global supplier of technology, said Facial Recognition is an essential tool for the fight against terrorism.
the managing Director Zak Doffman, said: "imagine, I know, it is a group of individuals in the centre of London, the want to harm massively to The Public . To use you would have a public support, face detection, in order to try and intercept a group of individuals before it can cause damage? I would suggest, almost categorically, they would. "
He added that he will support the indiscriminate use of technology.
"I'll tell you, it was The Opposite pushed an example, from the pub to much drink on a Saturday Night . The pub has taken a photo of that individual, should she be prevented from working in the facility or other facilities because of this incident? I think you have very little public support for the example.
"Unfortunately, there is no clarity. There is no regulation which governs either case, and that is The Challenge . "
the UK surveillance camera Commissioner, Tony Porter , says there are a number of strict standards must be used, as the technology before it is adopted officially by The Police .
"It's a standard around your location, the efficiency and effectiveness should," he explained. "I suppose you could say, 'What is an appropriate force, the hit-rate is tolerable, against the totality?' It is much more safety for The Public eradicated any notion of bias due to ethnic background, must. "
The Home Office said it welcomed the recent judgment confirmed that "there is a clear and sufficient legal framework for the use of live face detection technology in the UK".
He added that the technology has demonstrated the ability to fight crime and to identify criminals in an efficient way that would not otherwise be possible.
to follow the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme, and - and see more of our Stories .
privacy, facial recognition
Source of news: bbc.com
Tony Porter Photos
