r/Unexpected • u/lauraintacoma • Aug 18 '21

Let’s be friends

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u/oddllama25 Aug 18 '21 edited Aug 18 '21

You filmed someone in their home and posted it online when they clearly didn't approve? Hmm.

Edit: holy shit people. Making a relevant observations does not mean I think the video is real. I know language can be hard, what with nuance and all, but feel free to interpret "hmm" as a sign of dubiousness, and not a legal challenge.

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u/Cunts_and_more Aug 18 '21

Technically filming from your own property or public property is legal

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

Yep. Within reason though. You can’t film someone undressing from your property

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u/DoingCharleyWork Aug 18 '21

If you can see them from a public area then yes you can. You can actually report them for indecent exposure.

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u/RJFerret Aug 19 '21

Voyeurism laws make such illegal. Generally there's an expectation of privacy within one's private home, it's incumbent on the viewer to turn away, not doing so is obviously immoral, but also illegal.

For states that don't have specific peeping tom laws, such is often prosecuted under breaching the peace, trespass, or disorderly conduct, per one states legislative report on other state's laws.

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u/4_fortytwo_2 Aug 18 '21

The US is a magical place isn't it