AI's Big Ethical Questions – Charlotte Walker-Osborn, Eversheds Sutherland

What is your view of the risks of facial recognition technology and its impact on civil liberties? There is a clear divergence of opinion in this area. The largest tensions, perhaps, sit between those who consider that this is a necessary exception to privacy, at least for law enforcement versus those who consider the technology sits far too far on the side of invasiveness, even where it will improve efficiencies and accuracies around law enforcement. That debate is stronger in certain countries. I envisage there will be continuing tensions – justification and/or legitimate interest will be important.