Civil liberties groups are raising alarm over the launch of the Facewatch facial recognition system in UK stores like Sainsbury's and B&M, which instantly alerts police to serious offenders, calling it a 'dangerous escalation'.

A growing number of Britons claim they have been wrongly identified as thieves by Facewatch, a real-time facial recognition system increasingly used in UK stores to combat shoplifting.

The "Facewatch" live surveillance software, used by numerous retail chains, is once again under criticism for false identifications, leading to innocent people being wrongly accused of shoplifting.