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I'll never understand the British tolerance of ubiquitous surveillance. The CCTV regime is appalling and makes me never want to visit. The Internet censorship b
by astazangasta 7y ago
I'll never understand the British tolerance of ubiquitous surveillance. The CCTV regime is appalling and makes me never want to visit. The Internet censorship by government is absurd, patronizing and infantilizing. (Yes, I'm familiar with the argument that it is "voluntary" since private carriers choose to implement it). Americans at least have a nominal demand for these sorts of civil liberties and raise some kind of objection to these things. Do folks in the UK feel differently? How could such draconian measures have appeared in a free society?
- johnday 7y ago> The CCTV regime is appalling and makes me never want to visit. You understand that the vast majority of CCTV is privately operated, right? It's not like there's some universal network of cameras being watched extensively for naughty behaviour.
- NikkiA 7y agoAnd AFAIR was overtaken by US private CCTV monitoring about 10 years ago.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoThe UK ones are covered by GDPR and other restrictions on what you can do with the camera footage and how long you can keep it.
- Iamgroot1992 7y agoThere are many civil rights groups which oppose growing surveillance. It’s not simply a case of millions upon millions of cameras monitoring our every move, though. There are restrictions on what images and footage can be used for.