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The UK Is Using Facial Recognition on Asylum Seekers for Age Checks — Even Though It Knows the Tech Fails
Ars Technica·Monday, 22 June 2026
The UK government plans to scan asylum seekers' faces using age-verification technology despite its own tests showing the technology produces life-altering errors. The move has raised serious concerns about the risks of using flawed AI in high-stakes decisions. Critics say errors could have severe consequences for vulnerable people.
Why It Matters
India is also rapidly adopting facial recognition in government and law enforcement — the UK's experience with known flaws being ignored is a direct warning about the real human cost of rushing biometric tech into policy.
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