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AI cameras being set up on highways to catch drivers who throw trash out of their car windows (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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AI cameras being set up on highways to catch drivers who throw trash out of their car windows::The decision to install cameras in UK lay-bys aims to prevent littering but one campaign group described the approach as "meaningless."

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[–] Derrio@reddthat.com 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Did you read the article at all?

Regardless, this shouldn’t come as a surprise; the UK has been a surveillance state, at a minimum, for decades.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Origin of the term Big Brother

[–] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes, and I was asking a tangential question which was most prevalent to my own experiences and living situation.

The states have a very similar problem with law enforcement and placing their own cameras all over too. If anyone needs reference check out these Flock cameras.