China appears to be upping surveillance in the country amid the coronavirus — even putting cameras into people's homes

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• China appears to be expanding its use of surveillance cameras in order to enforce quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic.
• While the country hasn't made any official announcements of the surveillance measure, there have been posts on social media, and some residents confirmed their experiences with CNN.
• People recounted seeing cameras trained at their front doors, but for some, the cameras were installed inside their homes.
• "It made me feel like I truly was a prisoner in my own home," one resident told CNN, after a camera was installed pointing directly at her front door.
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China appears to be expanding surveillance across the country by installing cameras pointing directly at the front doors of people in quarantine — and sometimes inside their home, CNN reported.

China hasn't made any official announcements that it was increasing surveillance on quarantined individuals amid the coronavirus, but social media posts and accounts told to CNN claism that this has been the case since at least February.

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