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How facial recognition is being used to target sex workers

Amina du Jean has never shared her real identity online. Yet somehow, the Metropolitan Police who recently turned up on her doorstep knew her full name…

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How facial recognition is being used to target sex workers

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How facial recognition is being used to target sex workers

Having once offered sex workers anonymity, technology is now making it ever easier for them to be outed.

By Rivkah Brown

The birth of Baby Sussex has been a royal PR triumph

But we shouldn't miss the opportunity to challenge the system he represents.

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People like Nick Timothy don’t get fired: they just fail into great new jobs

The last three spots on the Commonwealth Games Organising committee went to a Paralympic gold medallist, the deputy CEO…

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