“Why is the act of taking a picture deemed by the state to be so potentially threatening? Photography is not a crime but it is being routinely criminalized… Anti-terrorism legislation talks about creating a hostile environment for terrorists to operate but the reality is that it is creating a hostile environment for public photography. That has an incredibly detrimental effect on freedom of speech… There is no power under Section 44 to stop people taking photographs and we are very clear about getting that message out to forces” says MarcVallee, a photojournalist who has set up a campaign group with more than 4,000 supporters called ‘I’m a photographer, not a terrorist’.

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