Its been going on for bloody years and posted on youtube, its grim!
Whilst this is of course terrible:
> Men are covertly filming women on nights out, then making money by posting the videos online
…can we just recognise that so is this alternative which covers this as well as many other scenarios:
> People are covertly filming strangers out in public, then making money by posting the videos online
I detest any kind of video that sees people going about their day in public being later ridiculed, laughed at, gooned over etc., without their knowledge, because some pleb with a camera wants to make a few quid on social media.
It’s a bit like these clowns who call themselves auditors who go around sticking cameras in peoples faces just to get reactions, they need be stopped they all act like big hard men only because the camera is recording everything if you met them in a dark alley way guaranteed they would burst boo.
Stumbled across one of these channels on Facebook years ago.
Disgusting but it’s also grim how shameless the creators are. The statement from one of them in the BBC News article is just nonsense, basically saying it’s a mere coincidence that when he goes out filming he manages to capture upskirts etc.
I got into a big chat about this a while back – we had a local “photographer” who was taking photos on the high street and posting them online for clout.
They were nice photos, but one of them was a full-frame photo of a student from my class. When I mentioned it to her she went ballistic – he had literally jumped out, taken a surprise photo of her and then run away. No consent before or after.
As far as I know the law doesn’t let you profit off this if the person is clearly the focal point of the photograph and the person is not a public figure, but I do think that should be extended to online posting in general… I just fear that’ll mean hundreds of cases being brought up because people won’t understand what “focal point of the picture” means and will be trying to charge people for taking photos of their mates/kids with them in the background.
The women should go to a lawyer and sue the people who posted it. It has there name attached to it. They should them for voyerism (section 67 in the UK) non consent and for the profits made from stealing their body. They haven’t signed anything and while they’re at it sue the director and producer of the films and anyone who reposts.
I don’t care if you downvote me. I’m not a feminist but I do think men and women should be allowed to get hammered without seeing themselves on social media and being portrayed as a tramp or men as letches. It’s not ok.
The fact is I’m too old to go out in mini skirts and high heals and get hammered but we need to protect our ‘kids’ and younger generations from people who spin film of people having fun and looking a little worse for the wear. It’s cruel. It’s fucked up. And it encourages hate.
In the UK it has become acceptable to film people at their lowest points, being beaten, car crashes, post accident etc. this is just another take on this awful habit
Ah Social Media. What a wonderful use of the internet.
/s for those missing it.
They should ban any recordings without consent, like they do in Japan.
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Its been going on for bloody years and posted on youtube, its grim!
Whilst this is of course terrible:
> Men are covertly filming women on nights out, then making money by posting the videos online
…can we just recognise that so is this alternative which covers this as well as many other scenarios:
> People are covertly filming strangers out in public, then making money by posting the videos online
I detest any kind of video that sees people going about their day in public being later ridiculed, laughed at, gooned over etc., without their knowledge, because some pleb with a camera wants to make a few quid on social media.
It’s a bit like these clowns who call themselves auditors who go around sticking cameras in peoples faces just to get reactions, they need be stopped they all act like big hard men only because the camera is recording everything if you met them in a dark alley way guaranteed they would burst boo.
Stumbled across one of these channels on Facebook years ago.
Disgusting but it’s also grim how shameless the creators are. The statement from one of them in the BBC News article is just nonsense, basically saying it’s a mere coincidence that when he goes out filming he manages to capture upskirts etc.
I got into a big chat about this a while back – we had a local “photographer” who was taking photos on the high street and posting them online for clout.
They were nice photos, but one of them was a full-frame photo of a student from my class. When I mentioned it to her she went ballistic – he had literally jumped out, taken a surprise photo of her and then run away. No consent before or after.
As far as I know the law doesn’t let you profit off this if the person is clearly the focal point of the photograph and the person is not a public figure, but I do think that should be extended to online posting in general… I just fear that’ll mean hundreds of cases being brought up because people won’t understand what “focal point of the picture” means and will be trying to charge people for taking photos of their mates/kids with them in the background.
The women should go to a lawyer and sue the people who posted it. It has there name attached to it. They should them for voyerism (section 67 in the UK) non consent and for the profits made from stealing their body. They haven’t signed anything and while they’re at it sue the director and producer of the films and anyone who reposts.
I don’t care if you downvote me. I’m not a feminist but I do think men and women should be allowed to get hammered without seeing themselves on social media and being portrayed as a tramp or men as letches. It’s not ok.
The fact is I’m too old to go out in mini skirts and high heals and get hammered but we need to protect our ‘kids’ and younger generations from people who spin film of people having fun and looking a little worse for the wear. It’s cruel. It’s fucked up. And it encourages hate.
In the UK it has become acceptable to film people at their lowest points, being beaten, car crashes, post accident etc. this is just another take on this awful habit
Ah Social Media. What a wonderful use of the internet.
/s for those missing it.
They should ban any recordings without consent, like they do in Japan.