Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Is it illegal to make online videos of someone without their consent? The law on covert filming

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Subhajit Basu, Professor of Law and Technology, University of Leeds

Imagine a stranger starts chatting with you on a train platform or in a shop. The exchange feels ordinary. Later, it appears online, edited as “dating advice” and framed to invite sexualised commentary. Your face, and an interaction you didn’t know was being recorded, is pushed into feeds where strangers can identify, contact and harass you.

This is a reality for many people, though the most shocking examples are mainly affecting women. A BBC investigation recently found that men based outside of the UK have been profiting from covertly…

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