Image Recognition
Facial recognition cameras have been set up around the British Grand Prix as part of a hi-tech policing plan to foil a potentially deadly Just Stop Oil protest. After recent invasions at the Ashes and Wimbledon, another attempted sabotage at Silverstone is seen as an inevitability from the radical protest group. Last year’s race was one of the first major events targeted since Just Stop Oil was formed in a breakaway from the Extinction Rebellion group. With recent protests at the cricket, tennis, rugby and football, authorities believe they know the networks of potential invaders. Amid extensive monitoring of racegoers, security officials will underline to those arriving that their privacy is not being compromised.