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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Lisa O'Carroll

French court’s approval of Olympics AI surveillance plan fuels privacy concerns

Protesters with cardboard cameras on their heads take part in a demonstration in December about the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, including the increased use of surveillance cameras.
Protesters take part in a demonstration in December about the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the use of surveillance cameras. Photograph: Geoffroy van der Hasselt/AFP/Getty Images

France’s top constitutional court has sanctioned the controversial use of surveillance powered by artificial intelligence at next year’s Olympics in a blow to privacy campaigners.

The French court’s decision came two months after the national assembly approved laws allowing for the experimental use of hi-tech surveillance in an attempt to head off any trouble at the Games next summer, when 600,000 people are expected to attend.

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