A Facebook video with over 5,000 shares claims that “scanners” in Leeds city centre will “capture” pedestrians’ faces. This is not true. The council said that the camera sensors are to analyse traffic patterns and help minimise delays.
False claims like these can cause people to feel unnecessarily unsafe going about daily activities, have disproportionate distrust for authority and negatively impact their lives.I’m inThe woman filming the video claims: “If you look, they’ve changed all the traffic lights, and there’s cameras on every top of the traffic lights, they face downwards as well so they capture your face. [sic]
“...Every lamp post has got the camera, again, they face forward and down. They have scanners on them. So they capture people as they cross the road, their faces.”The spokesperson said that the cameras are “traffic signal sensors” that are used to “optimise signal operation.” ThisSo, while the cameras do not capture faces, the spokesperson said they “do recognise what type of object is in the field of view”, such as a bus, car, pedestrian or cyclist.
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