UK to Install CCTVs in Private Homes to Monitor 20,000 'Sin Bins'
Reportedly far ahead of the United States in developing a network of closed-circuit television cameras with which to keep an eye on the activities of misbehaving citizens, the United Kingdom is now upping the ante even further.
The government plans to install CCTVs in at least 20,000 private homes to provide 24/7 surveillance to monitor what one official referred to as “sin bins,” reports the Daily Express.
With the help of private security guards who will conduct in-home checks, the government hopes to encourage family meals and timely completion of children’s school homework assignments and discourage drug and alcohol abuse, the newspaper explains. If the project is successful, it is expected to discourage family members from being pushed into a life of crime.
In the blogosphere, however, posts on Wired and Gizmodo suggest that this Orwellian cure may be worse than the disease.
