US Border Patrol intelligence units will gain access to a face recognition tool built on billions of images scraped from the internet. United States Customs and Border Protection plans to spend $225,000 for a year of access to Clearview AI, a face recognition tool that compares photos against billions of images scraped from the internet . The deal extends access to Clearview tools to Border Patrol's headquarters intelligence division (INTEL) and the National Targeting Center, units that collect and analyze data as part of what CBP calls a coordinated effort to "disrupt, degrade, and dismantle" people and networks viewed as security threats. The contract states that Clearview provides access to "over 60+ billion publicly available images" and will be used for "tactical targeting" and "strategic counter-network analysis," indicating the service is intended to be embedded in analysts' day-to-day intelligence work rather than reserved for isolated investigations. CBP says its intelligence units draw from a "variety of sources," including commercially available tools and publicly available data, to identify people and map their connections for national security and immigration operations.

Twelve men have been charged with the manslaughter of football fan Simon Dobbin. Dobbin was assaulted outside the Railway Tavern in Southend-on-Sea in Essex in March 2015 following a match between Cambridge United and Southend United. The dad from Mildenhall, Suffolk, died in October 2020 after suffering a brain injury as a result of the attack. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it had now decided to prosecute 12 men in connection with his death and all the defendants will appear at Colchester Magistrates' Court on 31 March. Rebecca Mundy, deputy chief crown prosecutor, said the CPS had worked closely with Essex Police to examine and review material obtained during previous investigations.