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Serious news reports, analysis and no-holds-barred interviews with leading politicians and public figures.

Newsnight, aired 20th July 2017 on BBC2 featuring a special report by Richard Watson on new "face recognition" surveillance technology, aimed at recognizing and picking out potential high risk terror suspects from a crowd. Whilst the technology is ready for implementation, political approval is called for, keeping in mind public safety, currently at 'critical' verses civil liberties.—Essa Zahir

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Keywords
  • interview
  • politician
  • non fiction
  • current affairs
Genres
  • News
Release date Jan 29, 1980
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Official sites BBCi Official site
Language English
Filming locations London, England, UK
Production companies British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) BBC News

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Runtime 45m
Color Color
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