THE U.S. HAS MORE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS PER PERSON THAN CHINA, NEW STUDY SHOWS

BUT ARE THOSE EYES MAKING US SAFER?

Though the United States is a country that

preaches about freedom and China is known as an authoritarian state, a new report from PreciseSecurity.com claims the U.S. actually has more surveillance cameras per person. China has more CCTV cameras overall, but the U.S. is ahead when you break down the numbers of cameras per capita.

The United States has roughly 50 million cameras in total compared to China’s roughly 200 million. For perspective, the United States has around 330 million people compared to China’s population of nearly 1.4 billion.

“The United States has 15.28 CCTV cameras every 100 individuals, followed by China with 14.36 and the United Kingdom with 7.5,” the report reads.

https://www.inverse.com/article/61552-united-states-china-surveillance-cameras