Debate on surveillance and privacy heats up as US protests rage

A file photo of a security camera hanging from the roof of the Secretariat Building at the United Nations headquarters with the East River and Queensboro Bridge in the background in New York City. Peaceful protests over the death of Floyd has drawn a large response from security forces in the US, raising concerns from privacy groups about the use of new surveillance tools that activists say risk stifling people's right to protest. — Reuters

MILAN/NEW YORK: Chaotic demonstrations over race and policing that swept through the United States over the past week have fuelled a debate over the growing use of surveillance technology by security forces in protests worldwide and its impact on privacy.

Peaceful protests over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis last week, swelled into scenes of violence in the United States over the weekend and also broke out in London and other world cities.