Baroness Doocey on Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance

Baroness Doocey

Liberal Democrat life peer in the UK House of Lords and advocate for civil liberties and privacy safeguards.

We must ensure that Parliament, not oblique algorithms, decides the limit of state power.

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Baroness Doocey, UK House of Lords Crime and Policing Bill debate, March 9, 2026.

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Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance

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AI poses an existential threat to humanity

More importantly, the Government’s own AI Scenarios 2030 report, published earlier this month, acknowledges that highly capable AI could give rise to ‘serious, potentially even existential harms’, and, in the absence of effective intervention, highli...

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Ban governments from using AI to conduct mass surveillance of citizens

It would prohibit live facial recognition when police impose conditions under the Public Order Act unless and until Parliament had approved a new statutory code of practice.

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