“.. People who hate teens might consider them a dream come true – buzzers that adults cannot hear yet disperse loitering youngsters from public places faster than a cop in a squad car.
But European governments have been asked to ban them.
A parliamentary panel of the Council of Europe said the so-called Mosquito buzzers treat young people “as if they were unwanted birds or pests.”
It said exposure to their signal – audible to most people under 20 but hardly anyone over 25 – amounts to degrading treatment banned by the European Convention on Human Rights.
The culture, science and education committee of the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly said Mosquito buzzers violate the “right to respect for one’s private life” and violate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
“Children and other vulnerable persons have the right to be protected from serious attacks against their physical and psychical integrity,” it said in a report.
The device emits a pulsating signal that is irritating, if not painful, to minors and drives them from shopping centres or street corners.
They are typically installed by public administrations and shops but also schools and private residents, said the panel..”
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