'A dangerous tool': France employs measures to keep 'potential terror threats' away from Olympics

Experts say the measure, covered by France's anti-terror law, is being used too broadly to target minorities.

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00:00French authorities are using discretionary powers under an anti-terror law to keep those

00:06they deem to be potential security threats away from the Olympics.

00:11Those subject to the measures are largely from minority backgrounds, particularly from

00:16former French colonies.

00:19Many have been forbidden from leaving their neighborhoods and ordered to report to police

00:23on a daily basis.

00:2521-year-old bank apprentice Amine, who was born in France, is among those affected.

00:31He is not allowed to leave his South Paris suburb despite having no criminal record.

00:56Amine was flagged to police after posting a TikTok video in October of him wearing a

01:01Deportivo Palestino t-shirt and making obscene gestures towards the Eiffel Tower, which was

01:07lit in Israeli colors following the October 7th attacks.

01:11However, he was also falsely linked with an account on the video sharing app Rave, which

01:16posted decapitation images and comments expressing a desire to join a terror group and kill LGBTQ

01:23plus people.

01:26French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin says the restrictions are in place to prevent

01:31very dangerous people from attacking the Games.

01:35He claims minorities aren't being singled out and that people suspected of left or right

01:40wing extremism are under surveillance too.