Law to restrict filming police is "dangerous" and threatens #righttoinformation & #FreedomOfExpression, according to @amnestyfrance. National Assembly is due to review proposition by ruling #LREM party next week. #SecuriteGlobale #LiberteDinformerEnDanger https://www.amnesty.fr/actions-mobilisation/loi-securite-globale-interpellez-les-deputes

@libe reports that until recently, legislation covered "powers of municipal police & role of private security companies," but that articles on recording police were added mid-October. @lemondefr published opinion piece, saying that "such restrictions could only curtail freedoms."

LREM party rejects reports that journalists and protesters would no longer be able to freely film police as "false", but says that "disseminating images which threaten the physical or psychological integrity of a police officer would be punished." https://twitter.com/LaREM_AN/status/1323904151978463233

@davduf for @Mediapart writes: "How can we not speak of censorship? A law written by police for police that aims to protect it from losing a monopoly of the narrative. To curtail control, transparency, is the only means it has found to conserve its largely eroded legitimacy."

@AA_Avocats tells @cavousf5: "Text was long-sought by police unions, because they no longer want to be seen to be committing acts of violence. It will be impossible to have protests for truth, or to exercise rights as journalists and as lawyers." https://twitter.com/cavousf5/status/1324425297282977792

Cartoonist @AllanBARTE who has published comic books critical of @EmmanuelMacron's presidency, sarcastically hints: "As long as we can draw police without blurring their faces..." https://twitter.com/AllanBARTE/status/1325467683740114945

RT: Interesting thread from @oliviertesquet questioning grey area around innovations in use of hidden cameras, drones and facial recognition. "Limiting images of police, while facilitating dissemination of images produced by the police to control a story." https://twitter.com/oliviertesquet/status/1326459383862210560