https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201130/15152945792/french-govt-walks-back-proposal-to-make-publishing-images-police-officers-illegal-after-massive-protests-erupt-across-nation.shtml

For reasons only known to legislators who apparently had their ears bent to the point of detachment by law enforcement, the French government -- at least briefly -- believed the nation would be better secured if citizens weren't allowed to film police officers and publish those recordings online.

A bill passed through the general assembly that would have made this act a crime.