Surveillance is being used as sole evidence for culpability

In approximately 80 countries, there are laws in place protecting citizens from how their governments use their data and footage. As the times change, these laws are rewritten to provide clearer definitions. If some form of security footage is used against you, any freedom of speech you may have no longer applies. Anything said on the video could be used against you. In countries that do not provide its people with a trial, a surveillance video can feel like an unfair amount of evidence to hold against one person. There have been thousands of cases of people being falsely accused through recordings and internet records. In the United Kingdom alone, about 1,500 requests for audio and video records are made each day. Over time, more and more companies are analyzing the words we say and comparing them to that of someone who is a real threat. In the early 2000s, a man from the United States was charged with first degree murder. Ten years after residing in prison, it was discovered that he was in fact innocent and was then released. This was a case where surveillance was used as evidence against him, and he was then wrongfully found guilty. Whether or not physical evidence is found, surveillance is still considered concrete evidence, which has the potential to incorrectly convict many people.

[P1] Video footage is not a reliable source of information to be used in the legal process.