Met police illegally filmed children as young as 10 at climate protest
by Damien Gayle Environment correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#66GMV)
Big Brother Watch's FoI request shows force rebuked by watchdog for recording 2019 school strike action in London
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 was 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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