Latest Articles/News
Open letter to UK Surveillance Regulators - A healthy society depends on the law-abiding majority being respected and trusted as they go about their daily lives... more...
Where to mate? 1984 please - Taxi cameras are part of a growing ''just in case'' mentality that treats everyone as suspects... more...
Britain under attack from 'talking' CCTV cameras - which stifle the very civic spirit they ''seek'' to create... more...
Internet Eyes and media politics - ''Let's bury our bad news on a busy news day'' says ICO... more...
Back to the Future - UK CCTV debate stuck in time loop - Imagine if you had a time machine could travel back to the 1990s... more...
Royston's ANPR ''Ring of Steel'' - a phrase coined to describe extreme measures now standard police ops?... more...
Surveillance Camera Code Con - the aims of such a Code are to entrench and expand the use of surveillance... more...
No CCTV's Freedoms Bill submission - there are constitutional, philosophical and sociological issues that must be explored... more...
CCTV / ANPR and the Manufacture of Consent - CCTV proposals in Protection of Freedoms Bill are really about manufacturing consent... more...
Face Covering: Guest Article - the Forward Intelligence Team is a particularly grotesque tentacle of the State... more...
Mr Jolly at Parliamentary Committee - little to celebrate in Protection of Freedoms Bill... more...
Protection of whose Freedoms Bill? - what does the Government really hope to achieve with The Protection of Freedoms Bill in relation to CCTV... more...
Exposing Naked Scanners - the core issue becomes whether this is the sort of world in which we want to live... more...
Bad Boy of the Week - ever wondered how Britain came to be watched by more cameras than any other nation?... more...
BrumiLeaks, CCTV and democracy - leaked emails reveal lengths to which advocates of cameras will go... more...
The true cost of CCTV? - Big Brother Watch's report reiterates that CCTV cameras are a massive waste of money... more...
ICO's Surveillance Society follow up report - should have been a dire warning but lacks bite... more...
CCTV citizen spy game launches - another disturbing chapter in Britain's surveillance society... more...
Freedom not Fear demo in Germany - a protest of this magnitude against state surveillance is presently inconceivable in the UK... more...
Speed Cameras, ANPR and Project Columbus - the expansion of automated chekpoints around the UK... more...
NO CCTV - What can I do ?
Check back here for action you can take to fight the proliferation of surveillance cameras. If you would like some advice on any of the below or would like to suggest another action then please do get in touch via the contact us link above.
1. Write to your MP/councillor
Contact your local councillor and MP and tell them your views on CCTV. Tell them about this website and point them towards the evidence against CCTV.
The below form will redirect you to www.writetothem.com
2. Attend local council meetings
Most decisions to install surveillance cameras are made at a local level. When no-one objects politicians take the silence to be "implied consent". Simply attending a meeting and standing up to object can be a way of stopping the implied consent model. If enough of us object the proliferation of cameras will stop. If we do nothing politicians will continue to install cameras, claiming that the people they "represent" want them.
As the famous quote often attributed to Irish political philosopher Edmund Burke says:
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
3. Write a letter to your local media
Write a letter outlining some of your concerns about surveillance cameras. Most newspapers allow you to submit a letter via email.
4. Support one of No CCTV's current Actions
Below is a list of current No CCTV actions. Click the links to find out more.
5. Get involved with an existing campaign
Visit our campaigns page for a list of existing campaigns against surveillance cameras.
6. Start your own campaign
It's easier than you think to set up your own local campaign to fight surveillance cameras near you. There are campaigners that have already done it who can advise you, work with you and give you support. Contact us using the contact us link above if you would like to know more.
