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hmmmm wonder if they had any agenda or ideological bias in their estimation of china
CCTV isn't a problem. It's mass surveillance that's the problem. As the saying goes, "show me the man and I'll show you the crime". With enough information the state can always find something to turn their political enemy into a criminal. The government should not be able to do that with a mere flick of the wrist.
If anything a higher number of CCTV's is a good thing, assuming the number of all types of camera combined remains constant between cities.
Huh I would have guessed London would be far higher than LA.
It's very popular to wail about how the UK is a police state. I guess it's because the UK is culturally close to the USA, but different in some ways, so people become most aware of those differences, no matter how big they truly are. And Americans are very bad at comparing their own country to others, so an article about how many cameras there are in the UK or in London does not necessarily get such a comparison; it only decries the situation abroad.
Yeah I had never seen a comparison before. My expectation was just based on the amount of news I see on surveillance in a given area.
I visited London and England once at the beginning of the century and I was appalled by the sheer number of cameras. I took many pictures of the CCTVs and the warnings. I had dreamed of living there or settling there for some time but I discarded the idea and moved elsewhere
OC, being propagandized local fools, they had to include unverified vilification of Russia and China + a focus on other societies than our own. Only a few very low figures from US/UK etc, despite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism
Jeebus, US/Western propaganda/mindset is thin and embarrassing !
I mean, if you think there is a low rate of cameras in Chinese cities you haven’t been there or spoken with anyone from there about it… yes the number is sensationalist and no way to verify
yeah i mean what other reason is there to include them if you don't have actual data.
I don't know about Russia but China is a very strong surveillance state. The US is also pretty bad and currently getting worse so don't go on a BUT THE US!!!!! rant trying to defend China with whataboutism.
Stay away from those cities.