nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230322-185302-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230322s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230322-185302-0 doi eng 342 23 Duroy, Sophie Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-1429-2203 Big Brother is Watching the Olympic Games – and Everything Else in Public Spaces Duroy, Sophie Verfassungsblog 2023-03-22 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The French National Assembly is currently debating the law on the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Despite its name, the law has more to do with security than with sports. In particular, Article 7 of the law creates a legal basis for algorithmic video surveillance, that is, video surveillance that relies on artificial intelligence to treat the images and audio of video surveillance cameras in order to identify human beings, objects, or specific situations. In other words, video surveillance cameras in France’s public spaces would now able to identify you and detect if your behaviour is suspicious. CC BY-SA 4.0 Algorithmic Video Surveillance Biometric Mass Surveillance France Olympics surveillance Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/big-brother-is-watching-the-olympic-games-and-everything-else-in-public-spaces/ raw object