Paris Cop Drones Spark Coronavirus Privacy Backlash

  • Activists say people are being filmed without knowing about it
  • Paris judge asked to order police to stop taking footage
A police cordon blocks access to the Champs de Mars park near the Eiffel Tower.Photographer: Cyril Marcilhacy/Bloomberg
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Paris police are under fire from civil liberty groups seeking to ground a squadron of drones enforcing the French capital’s strict Covid-19 lockdown rules.