{"id":54368,"date":"2020-07-25T08:13:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T13:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=54368"},"modified":"2020-07-25T08:13:30","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T13:13:30","slug":"london-is-the-third-most-surveilled-city-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=54368","title":{"rendered":"London Is The Third Most-Surveilled City In The World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/london-third-most-surveilled-city-world\">London Is The Third Most-Surveilled City In The World<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparitech.com\/vpn-privacy\/the-worlds-most-surveilled-cities\/\">According to a study by research website Comparitech<\/a>,&nbsp;<strong>most of the world&#8217;s most surveilled cities are located in China<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The country has been making headlines for its intense use of surveillance technology and,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/19256\/the-most-surveilled-cities-in-the-world\/\">as Statista&#8217;s Katharina Buchholz details below<\/a>, is featured heavily throughout the whole ranking that looked at the 150 most populous cities worldwide, excluding those for which insufficient data was available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Chinese city of Taiyuan, located in the Shanxi province roughly 300 miles Southwest of Beijing, tops the list with 120 public&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/topics\/2646\/security-and-surveillance-technology\/\">CCTV cameras<\/a>&nbsp;per 1,000 inhabitants.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/19256\/the-most-surveilled-cities-in-the-world\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.statcdn.com\/Infographic\/images\/normal\/19256.jpeg\" alt=\"Infographic: The Most Surveilled Cities in the World | Statista\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You will find more infographics at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chartoftheday\/\">Statista<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The highest-ranked non-Chinese city is London<\/strong>, also notorious for its strict surveillance of public spaces, with 67 cameras per 1,000 people, with&nbsp;<strong>Los Angeles the highest-ranked U.S. city in the ranking with 6 cameras per 1,000 inhabitants.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CCTV technology is controversial in many places around the world, with proponents touting its benefits for fighting crime and opponents cautious about surveillance\u2019s potential to be&nbsp;<strong>used as a tool of public control and to violate privacy rights.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The makers of the survey said that they&nbsp;<strong>found little correlation between lower crime rates or a heightened feeling of security and surveillance in the cities surveyed.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London Is The Third Most-Surveilled City In The World According to a study by research website Comparitech,&nbsp;most of the world&#8217;s most surveilled cities are located in China. 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