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China: BBC investigates hotel footage sold online
The BBC tells how a couple discovered their Shenzhen hotel stay had been filmed and distributed.
BBC NewsSource publication : 6 February 2026
The BBC tells how a couple discovered their Shenzhen hotel stay had been filmed and distributed.
Over seven months, the reporter monitored a site carrying footage from 54 cameras. The figure of over 180 cameras comes from the services’ own claims, not a confirmed count. This is journalistic investigation.
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