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Covertly filming women on nights out to upload the videos to social media should be made illegal, the Liberal Democrats have said.

The party has put forward a private members' bill calling on the government to update voyeurism legislation to prevent the content from being posted online for profit.

It said the bill would clamp down on what it calls "a covert filming epidemic" and wants the government to force social media platforms to remove such content and permanently ban repeat offenders.

It comes after a BBC investigation exposed dozens of accounts on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram. The videos focused almost entirely on women, filmed without their knowledge and taken from low angles or behind, sometimes revealing intimate body parts.

The government said covert filming of women and girls was "vile" and vowed to stop people profiting from it.

The BBC investigation identified nearly 50 women who had been filmed without their knowledge.

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[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

This doesn't appear to be a crackdown on filming in public places. It seems to be going after the people who distribute it and the platforms who host it.

[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I think the same concerns still apply, if you can't post that video anywhere it doesn't do much good for you to record it.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 18 minutes ago (1 children)

Posting online is not the only reason people shoot voyeur videos. Or even the main one.

[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

No, but it is important if you're trying to record video of police brutality and such which is where my concerns lie about how these laws could be twisted