Drones used to monitor French May Day rallies for first time

This May Day, French protesters may have felt as if they were being watched – and indeed they were. Police in France are using drones to "secure" the rallies. This controversial strategy has been criticised by several NGOs amid concerns about civil liberties. FRANCE 24's Shirli Sitbon has been looking into what kind of information police can get from the drone footage, and how protesters plan to fight the use of drones in a series of lawsuits.


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