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AI mass surveillance at Paris Olympics – a legal scholar on the security boon and privacy nightmare

  • Written by Anne Toomey McKenna, Visiting Professor of Law, University of Richmond
imageIt won't be just human eyes monitoring the thousands of security cameras at the Paris Olympics.Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images

The 2024 Paris Olympics is drawing the eyes of the world as thousands of athletes and support personnel and hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the globe converge in France. It’s not just the eyes of the...

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