"Upskirting"

[Arthur Little]

Never heard of it? :nono-1-1: ... neither had I! NOT until spotting :grosyeux: the link posted below.

AMAZING :cwm24: what some blokes get "up" to. It is, apparently, a modern form of voyeurism ... courtesy of their mobile phone cameras.

Legally, :cwm25: an act of this nature can ONLY be prosecuted within the UK if it occurs in Scotland.

Elsewhere, such violations of privacy are treated as "acts of gross indecency" and/or "public nuisance", :icon_rolleyes: ... dealt with - at most - by a nominal fine imposed at a Magistrates' Courts.

But one victim is intent on "redressing" ('scuse pun) the balance - by campaigning for a change in how the law presently operates in that (dis)respect.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40861875 ... :ReadIt:

[Arthur Little]

AMAZING :cwm24: what some blokes get "up" to. It is, apparently, a modern form of voyeurism ... courtesy of their mobile phone cameras.

:iagree: ... but, when you think things through ... :anerikke: ... have the latest technological gadgets really made all that much difference? I doubt it, because - regardless of what I've quoted in the undernoted paragraph:-


Legally, :cwm25: an act of this nature can ONLY be prosecuted within the UK if it occurs in Scotland.

Even so, pornographic *images were already appearing in National dailies - featuring, regularly, on Page 3 of 'the Sun', for instance - as long as 50 years' ago. Story was,*these must've been taken from "all angles" by
"pygmy photographers," :wink: a well~earned nickmame for (dare one say?) "certain types" of press sharpshooters back then.


But one victim is intent on redressing ('scuse pun) the issue - by campaigning for a change in how the law presently operates in that respect:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40861875 ... :ReadIt:

I wish her the very BEST of LUCK with THAT! :xxgrinning--00xx3: Ain't gonna go holding my breath, though. :NoNo:

[Arthur Little]

I wish her the very BEST of LUCK with THAT! :xxgrinning--00xx3: Ain't gonna go holding my breath, though. :NoNo:

........................................ :yeahthat:'s unlikely while the government claims its hands are tied :8_1_215: ... with so very few British women wearing skirts nowadays. :bigcry: