How Invasive Is China's Mass Surveillance?
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In preparation for China’s National Day, police in Beijing have sought to avoid disruption by installing surveillance cameras in every corner of the city. In fact, China Daily has reported that 100% of the city is under video surveillance as part of a nationwide project, ominously called “Skynet”. So we wanted to know, just how invasive is China’s mass surveillance? Well, by 2013, China had installed up to 30 million cameras around the country, jumping dramatically from a little under 3 million cameras in 2005. NPR reported finding 11 cameras in a 100 foot radius. 13 million were installed in 2011 alone. And while the cameras do seem to lower crime rates, China’s oppressive government doesn’t just stop there. China is well known to censor and monitor all of its web traffic, and u...
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In preparation for China’s National Day, police in Beijing have sought to avoid disruption by installing surveillance cameras in every corner of the city. In fact, China Daily has reported that 100% of the city is under video surveillance as part of a nationwide project, ominously called “Skynet”. So we wanted to know, just how invasive is China’s mass surveillance? Well, by 2013, China had installed up to 30 million cameras around the country, jumping dramatically from a little under 3 million cameras in 2005. NPR reported finding 11 cameras in a 100 foot radius. 13 million were installed in 2011 alone. And while the cameras do seem to lower crime rates, China’s oppressive government doesn’t just stop there. China is well known to censor and monitor all of its web traffic, and u...
