[Reader-list] Britain To Put CCTV Cameras Inside Private Homes

[Tanya Singh]

I wouldn't take this seriously - the source is some spurious
'journalism' in The Sunday Express. Variations on this story have been
floating around for a few years, with no real basis. Scare-mongering
tabloid trash, is all...  Tx



2009/8/4 Nishant <nicheant at yahoo.co.uk>:
> Britain To Put CCTV Cameras Inside Private Homes
> By Charlie Sorrel
>
> As an ex-Brit, I’m well aware of the authorities’ love of surveillance
> and snooping, but even I, a pessimistic cynic, am amazed by the
> governments latest plan: to install Orwell’s telescreens in 20,000
> homes.
>
> £400 million ($668 million) will be spend on installing and monitoring
> CCTV cameras in the homes of private citizens. Why? To make sure the
> kids are doing their homework, going to bed early and eating their
> vegetables. The scheme has, astonishingly, already been running in
> 2,000 family homes. The government’s “children’s secretary” Ed Balls
> is behind the plan, which is aimed at problem, antisocial families.
> The idea is that, if a child has a more stable home life, he or she
> will be less likely to stray into crime and drugs.
>
> It gets worse. The government is also maintaining a private army,
> incredibly not called “Thought Police”, which will “be sent round to
> carry out home checks,” according to the Sunday Express. And in a
> scheme which firmly cements the nation’s reputation as a “nanny
> state”, the kids and their families will be forced to sign “behavior
> contracts” which will “set out parents’ duties to ensure children
> behave and do their homework.”
>
> And remember, this is the left-wing government. The Shadow Home
> Secretary Chris Grayling, batting for the conservatives, thinks these
> plans are “too little, and too late,” implying that even more
> obtrusive work needs to be done. Rumors that a new detention center,
> named Room 101, is being constructed inside the Ministry of Love are
> unconfirmed.
>
> http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/08/britain-to-put-cctv-cameras-inside-private-homes/
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