Political backdrop to 2024 Paris Olympics. What to know [Video]

PORTLAND, Ore. — With less than a week until the 2024 Paris Olympics, controversy still swirls around this year’s Games.

In Paris, there is rising concern over the use of “artificial intelligence surveillance” and how the bolstered security may impede human rights and personal freedom — particularly, the ability for activists to legally protest and the general use of technology in the future after the Olympic Games conclude. 

In this week’s episode of “Straight Talk,” Jules Boykoff, an author of several books on the Olympics and former Team USA soccer player, discusses what’s happening in Paris and what to watch out for as the Games unfold.

“In my estimation, these are probably the most politically charged Olympics that we’ve seen in decades,” Boykoff said. 

On a recent trip to …