ArticlePloS one2021
Public attitudes towards the use of automatic facial recognition technology in criminal justice systems around the world.
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- Trust in automation and the accuracy of human-algorithm teams performing one-to-one face matching tasks.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2024Article
- Exploring the artificial intelligence "Trust paradox": Evidence from a survey experiment in the United States.PloS one · 2023Article
- The landscape of facial processing applications in the context of the European AI Act and the development of trustworthy systems.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Automatic facial recognition technology (AFR) is increasingly used in criminal justice systems around the world, yet to date there has not been an international survey of public attitudes toward its use. In Study 1, we ran focus groups in the UK, Australia and China (countries at different stages of adopting AFR) and in Study 2 we collected data from over 3,000 participants in the UK, Australia and the USA using a questionnaire investigating attitudes towards AFR use in criminal justice systems. Our results showed that although overall participants were aligned in their attitudes and reasoning behind them, there were some key differences across countries. People in the USA were more accepting of tracking citizens, more accepting of private companies' use of AFR, and less trusting of the police using AFR than people in the UK and Australia. Our results showed that support for the use of AFR depends greatly on what the technology is used for and who it is used by. We recommend vendors and users do more to explain AFR use, including details around accuracy and data protection. We also recommend that governments should set legal boundaries around the use of AFR in investigative and criminal justice settings.
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