Anti-terrorism laws used to spy on noisy children

[tannybogus]

Councils are using anti-terrorism laws to spy on residents and tackle barking dogs and noisy children.
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Local authorities including Bassetlaw, Easington, Bolsover and Darlington have placed houses under video or photographic surveillance to tackle problems such as anti-social behaviour, unauthorised entry into gardens and benefit fraud. Others admitted using council staff to follow residents to determine whether they were working while claiming benefits.

Northampton council, which did not implement the Act during the past 12 months, said that it had used the legislation on five previous occasions to tackle dog fouling. Councils have used the RIPA to recruit children for surveillance operations. Dudley and County Durham exploited the Act to send children into shops with secret video and audio equipment to see whether they could buy cigarettes and alcohol. Officials in Durham have mounted 60 RIPA investigations against these kinds of businesses in the past 12 months.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2696031/Anti-terrorism-laws-used-to-spy-on-noisy-children.html

This may be the UK, but don't think the US nazis won't be up to the same thing.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

1. George Orwell was just 20 years off. I found this from BBC news..UK Surveillance Society

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=183191&mesg_id=183195

The people of the UK just rolled over and gave away what ever rights they had without even knowing it because it happened gradually and secretly. The UK was the trial run.

That is exactly what's happening here now.

[maryf]

2. Not quietly either

Our government is blatantly doing this, but with ears plugged and eyes averted nobody notices...