Comment on First UK arrest made over filming of women on nights out without consent
FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Bad title. He was arrested for harassing them, which included videoing without their consent. Filming in public remains completely legal and consent isn’t required.
echodot@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
Yeah it’s a bit creepy to film people without their consent but it’s a bad precedent to said because how do you tell if someone’s deliberately filming you or you’re just in the background of the video. It’s all subjective.
swampwitch@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Probably if they’re following the person/group and interacting with them in some way. The article specifically mentions upskirting, which requires obvious motion.
Cameras following you despite moving away also makes it pretty obvious. If you’re in a state of partial nudity for whatever reason your drunk brain has decided, and somebody is persistently filming you, you have every right to feel concerned about it.
If some dude is talking to himself and live blogging it’s probably not as suspicious, unless he specifically starts mentioning the women in his recording.
Either way, reviewing the footage will clear or condemn them. I’m personally on the side of better safe than sorry since they’ve mentioned this behaviour has lead to further harassment.