Someone’s watching: More than 200 British high schools have cameras in bathrooms, locker rooms

[Electric Monk]

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Associated Press, Published: September 12

LONDON — At the King Ecgbert School in Sheffield, teens who go to the loo are never really alone — video cameras are inside all 12 bathrooms.

Citing findings gathered via freedom-of-information requests, privacy activists Wednesday identified King Ecgbert as one of more than 200 high schools across Britain that have installed surveillance cameras in bathrooms or locker rooms.

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A total of 207 high schools across England, Wales and Scotland acknowledged installing cameras in bathrooms and changing rooms, according to Big Brother Watch, which sent freedom-of-information requests to nearly 4,100 schools in May. That’s a conservative figure, according to Pickles. Nearly half the schools queried didn’t reply by the deadline.

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Over all, Big Brother Watch estimated that British high school students and staff are monitored by more than 100,000 cameras, with 90 percent of the schools surveyed acknowledging the use of some form of video surveillance.

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[RKP5637]

1. All of this surveillance is such an invasion. How the F did civilization ever

make it this far. People are being herded and corralled like cattle. Well, more like lambs. Makes one wonder what horny bastards are sitting there watching the captured images. None can tell that doesn't go on. Of course it does. Then, there are all of the profiteers lining up at the feeding troughs. What a ridiculous excuse for a civilized society we have become.

[jenw2]

2. What's wrong with safer bathrooms?

Conservatives always side with violence.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. Would You Want A Bunch Of Guys Watching You On Camera While You Do Number Two?

.

[arcane1]

4. Not to mention your wife/mother/daughter/son n/t

[WinkyDink]

6. WTH?! You DO know what happens in bathrooms and changing rooms, right?

[msongs]

11. yes, people get bullied and attacked violently nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. This is not about safety,

but you knew that.

[backscatter712]

10. Sorry, I don't want some creeper watching me or any kids in the bathroom.

Why would anyone actually think this is a good idea?

[WinkyDink]

5. Sounds like child porn to me.

[MadHound]

7. Coming soon to a bathroom near you.

Worse thought, probably already there.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. The brits have been going this road for so many years

that I wish I could even feign surprise, to be honest.

IT is the MOST WATCHED OVER western society at present.