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The Instagram and TikTok harassment loophole leaving London women exposed (www.londoncentric.media)
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If you approach the same woman twice on the street and ask her sexually explicit questions, you could be arrested for harassment by the Metropolitan Police. But some London content creators have discovered that if you approach a different woman every day, film yourself doing it and post the results to TikTok or Instagram, then you can rack up millions of views – and the police can’t do anything.

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[–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

It's currently a shitty situation for those being filmed by fucknuggets like this, but the law in this country is that you have no expectation of privacy in a public place. That would need to change to accommodate anything like you're suggesting. Lots of companies and corporations would be very happy to see that change but I'm not convinced it would be a change for the good. It could, for example, prevent you from legally taking a photo of your kids at the beach if there's anyone else on the beach. Likewise, photos at tourist attractions. No more photos at gigs or festivals.

As for 'the public interest', that's subjective. What Stephen Yaxley-Lennon would consider in the public interest is likely very different to what you or I would consider to be in the public interest.

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