China: 'the world's biggest camera surveillance network' - BBC News

China has been building what it calls "the world's biggest camera surveillance network". Across the country, 170 million CCTV cameras are already in place and an estimated 400 million new ones will be installed in the next three years.
Many of the cameras are fitted with artificial intelligence, including facial recognition technology. The BBC's John Sudworth has been given rare access to one of the new hi-tech police control rooms.
Producer: Joyce Liu. Camera: Wang Xiqing.

[persimmon]

"Lets see how long it takes for them to find me."


Says the one white British journalist in a city in China.

[NallePu]

China: "the world's biggest camera surveillance network"
Facebook: "hold my beer"

[jacksonzheng]

trust me, every government wants this, including your great britain

[Park_Place]

"When they don't need help, we won't gather their data."

*Audibly dislocates jaw from laughter*

[altair]

"Uh, maybe this guys arent in on the joke"

Famous last words before disaster

[jkkn]

Choose:
1. Freedom over security
2. Security over freedom

[David_Me]

"To say that i have nothing to hide than i have nothing to fear, is the same as i dont need a freedom of speech because i have nothing to say."
-Edward Snowden

[Callzium]

This is when privacy becomes impossible, games become reality.

[VarietyGamerChannel]

Ironically Britain has the most CCTV cameras per capita by far.

[GetUnrealistic]

Meanwhile, London is the most surveilled city on Earth! Why doesn't the BBC do a segment on that?

[kannabi]

They can read gender?! All 1982737 of them?!

[nekomari]

America : we got tekashi 69 the bigger security camera

[ahoymatie]

I never noticed cameras like this before until I seen this video. Living in Australia I thought we pretty much don't have any major surveillance until I noticed like 30 cameras walking down a park at night. Things you don't notice.

[spidermarcusPOP]

"If you´ve nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" *Joseph GOEBBELS*

[Paintball]

So we should trust the government, why? Remember, the 2nd amendment was made in case of a tyrannical government.

[Gnaixwh]

“Commoners should have nothing to worry.” But the government’s definition of commoner is very flexible.

[auntiehelenrizpah]

That's why there is "tagging" on social media. "They" already know everyone in our families and circles.

[Jaidynthefair]

When someone has taken 4 of your diamonds in Minecraft

[蕾卡放映廳]

At least Chinese don't need Snowden to expose it.

[billgod]

Must be some highly advanced AI if it can tell 1 billion asians apart.