Amid mounting investor concerns over alleged human rights abuses and a mass exodus of senior staff, Israeli surveillance firm Corsight AI—whose facial recognition technology was embedded in UK police systems—now faces a deepening financial and reputational crisis, prompting renewed calls for public accountability from clients like Essex Police.

Essex Police have refused to confirm whether officers met with Corsight AI, a surveillance firm linked to Israeli military operations, raising fresh concerns over transparency and the ethics of UK police use of facial recognition technology.

Essex Police’s use of facial recognition technology developed by Israeli firm Corsight AI—linked to controversial surveillance in Gaza and the West Bank—raises ethical concerns about the adoption of tools associated with alleged human rights abuses.