AP: Facial Recognition Designed For 2012 Olympics Being Used To Identify U.K. Rioters

by Mark Joyella | 10:17 am, August 11th, 2011

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The Associated Press reports that facial recognition technology being considered for the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games in London is being tested by police in the aftermath of Britain’s riots. The AP’s Paisley Dodds and Raphael Satter write officers are “feeding photographs of suspects through Scotland Yard’s newly updated face-matching program” in an attempt to identify those who were responsible for the wave of riots that began in North London and quickly spread. “A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that facial recognition is one of many tools police are using to hunt suspects still at large.”

This follows a report by TechCrunch that a new Google Group called “London Riots Facial Recognition” sought to use the technology to identify rioters and looters whose photos have appeared online:

In one newer thread, started just this morning, a commenter offers their assistance in building a tool using the Face.API, which could help identify people in photos posted on Facebook, Flickr and Twitter. There is even talk of using the Facebook Graph API and the Twitter API in conjunction with the Face.com one to help better identify the criminals.

2012 Olympics, Associated Press, Facial Recognition, Google, London Riots, TechCrunch

Anonymous

Now that facial recognition technology is getting used, we should finally get confirmation that violent tea partiers were responsible for the London riots…

Stay tuned to MSNBC for the latest developments.
Johnjguy

A really great use of technology to catch these mindless morons.

The mind boggles as to why someone would film or take pictures of their own crime and then post them on Facebook, Flickr, Twitter etc

Although nobody says low crime has to be particularly smart…
Anonymous

Nail ‘em! They are emblematic of the liberal philosophy of ”mob” rule. Yes, not a country of laws but of angry, ignorant, heinous men.

“Resist We Much!!!!!”
Johnjguy

I don’t think they espousing any particular political persuasion. It looked like they were just robbing and looting. Not that you have to come from a particular persuasion for that.

How short sighted a comment.
Anonymous

Fact: Entitlements more entitlements I need a fix give me give me give me I need some more!!!!!!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_35AUAS4525FVFYNPRKECNNW6GE Libturd Flagger

England hates bl ack people. Long live the USA, long live Israel.
Guest

If you look at the images and videos, half the people committing these crimes are white. Which means that this has less to do with race and disenfranchisement than cross-cultural hooliganism. This has nothing to to wit “England hating blacks” which is nonsensical. It has everything to do with people, many of whom can well afford the things they are stealing and destroying taking advantage of the situation to take part in wanton destruction, as MANY of the interviews with perpetrators of these crimes more than adequately prove.
Anonymous

Line all those lefty punks up against a wall & beat em with a pillow why don’t they.
Johnjguy

Why are people being so stupid. It’s got zero to do with race or politics. Its just opportunist criminals at their worst.

Fortunately a lot of them have been caught on CCTV and are now being rounded up, as their pictures are being displayed over the English news networks.
2ndcmdr

By now everyone has seen the video of the young man being “helped” by two thugs who rob his backpack while he was still stunned from his injuries, perhaps this would be an excellent time to use that facial recognition technology.