"But they do it too": The Dutch national police and real-time facial recognition technology
Summary
In this thesis, the justification given by the Dutch police for their experiments with real-time
facial recognition technology (FRT) is scrutinised with regard to its validity. This justification
holds that normalisation of real-time FRT in society provides grounds for experiments with
and use of the technology, as it is expected to lead to societal pressure on authorities to use the
technology as well.