Explore the Data
▴ CCTV cameras found by digital volunteers at intersections in New York City. In addition, the map includes cameras on streets (between intersections) at four locations where BLM protests happened in June 2020: Washington Square Park, Times Square, New York City Hall, and the Barclay Center. Amnesty International © 2022
Acknowledgements
Amnesty International would like to thank the more than 7,000 digital volunteers from around the world who analysed every intersection in New York City to find and categorise surveillance cameras, gave invaluable feedback and peer-to-peer support. Without you this research would not have been possible, thank you.
External collaborators
Interactives
Analysis of crowdsourced data
Julien Cornebise, Ph.D. Department of Computer Science, University College London
Swetha Pillai
Analysis of stop-and-frisk and census tract data
Damon Wischik, Ph.D.
Additional analysis and research
Giulia Torino, Ph.D. Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
Partner organisation
Modelling of camera ranges
Martyna Marciniak
Early feedback
Essex and Cambridge Digital Verification Corps