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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Damien Gayle Environment correspondent

Met police illegally filmed children as young as 10 at climate protest

Young people and children take part in a climate protest in London in March 2019.
Young people and children take part in a climate protest in London in March 2019. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty Images

Police unlawfully spied on children as young as 10 taking part in a climate strike protest in London, documents have shown.

The previously unseen papers reveal the Metropolitan police were rebuked by the information commissioner’s office (ICO) for video surveillance of the March 2019 protest, which was attended by up to 10,000 children and young people.

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