CCTV site Internet Eyes hopes to help catch criminals

Dhruti Shah
BBC News
October 4, 2010

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A website which pays the public to monitor live commercial CCTV footage online has been launched in Devon.

Internet Eyes will pay up to £1,000 to subscribers who regularly report suspicious activity such as shoplifting.

Managing director Tony Morgan said the scheme would reduce crime and help prevent other anti-social behaviour.

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But civil liberties campaigners say the idea is “distasteful” and encourages private citizens to spy on each other.

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This article was posted: Monday, October 4, 2010 at 12:02 pm

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