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Met police to share more bodycam footage online

The Metropolitan Police (Met Police) is updating its policy to publicly release more officer body-worn camera footage online, stating the move will improve transparency, build public trust, provide full context for interactions often shared as clipped social media snippets, and highlight officer work. Civil liberties group Liberty and other stakeholders have raised longstanding concerns over body camera misuse, selective non-disclosure, and integration with facial recognition surveillance technology that carries privacy risks.