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Chinese restrooms install digital timers on toilet stalls
Original: China has restrooms with digital timers showing exactly how long people spend inside each toilet stall.
Restrooms in China have been fitted with digital timers that display exactly how long each toilet stall is in use, drawing attention online. The displays track occupancy duration in real time, a measure aimed at managing queues in busy public facilities. Reactions range from amusement to unease, with many reading it as another example of intense monitoring in everyday Chinese public life.
Why now: People are sharing it as a striking example of surveillance culture reaching even the most private everyday spaces.
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- China has restrooms with digital timers showing exactly how long people spend inside each toilet stall. · Rainmaker1973 · 125
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