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Police are now scanning faces at a London Underground station

British Transport Police start live facial recognition at Victoria Underground station on August 11.

Ellsworth Toohey
Aug 13, 2026
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live facial recognition — District Line platform at Victoria Underground Station, photo by N Chadwick / CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
live facial recognition — District Line platform at Victoria Underground Station, photo by N Chadwick / CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

The British Transport Police announced it would start using facial recognition cameras in a London Underground station. The Victoria Underground station was the first to be equipped with cameras.

The cameras scan the fac…

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