Heather Brooke Quote
CCTV is seen either as a symbol of Orwellian dystopia or a technology that will lead to crime-free streets and civil behaviour. While arguments continue, there is very little solid data in the public domain about the costs, quantity and effectiveness of surveillance.
Heather Brooke
CCTV is seen either as a symbol of Orwellian dystopia or a technology that will lead to crime-free streets and civil behaviour. While arguments continue, there is very little solid data in the public domain about the costs, quantity and effectiveness of surveillance.
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About Heather Brooke
Brooke was a Professor of Journalism at City University London's Department of Journalism and an adjunct professor at Columbia Journalism School in New York. She is the author of Your Right to Know (2006), The Silent State (2010), and The Revolution Will Be Digitised (2011), as well as a regularly updated Substack.