{"id":36040,"date":"2021-02-08T18:17:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T16:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=36040"},"modified":"2025-08-29T04:20:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T01:20:32","slug":"experts-assess-the-legality-of-locating-protesters-using-surveillance-footage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/experts-assess-the-legality-of-locating-protesters-using-surveillance-footage\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts assess the legality of locating protesters using surveillance footage"},"content":{"rendered":"

The media reported that Moscow’s law enforcement authorities are locating protesters using data from the surveillance system. ForkLog spoke to experts about how legal such actions are and whether privacy under cameras can be preserved.<\/span><\/p>\n

As reported by <\/span>Dozhd<\/span><\/a>, citing an anonymous participant in the protests on January 23, a week later a precinct officer came to his home. At the rally, the man wasn’t detained. The policeman said he had been identified by cameras.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the man, the precinct officer asked several questions about the January 23 rally and what he did there. He then filled out a document stating that the man had not faced administrative liability, and warned \u2014 if he is detained at the next rally, he will be jailed immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n

The officer also said that law enforcement officials survey all protesters identified by cameras, and advised wearing a mask, the interviewee told Dozhd.<\/span><\/p>\n

The precinct officer, according to the interviewee, asked several questions: whether he attended the January 23 rally and what he did there. In the end, the officer filled out a document stating that the man had not been subject to administrative liability, and warned: \u201cIf detained at the next rally, you\u2019ll be jailed immediately.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier, a journalist who filmed the January 23 protests for editorial assignment spoke of detention at one metro station. According to him, the police found him using data from the city\u2019s video surveillance system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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