May 12, 2004
Congress targets cell phone camera peeping Toms
Jesse Holland, a congressional reporter for the Associated Press, writes about the US government's serious response with regard to the potentially intrusive use of camera phones.
"A Bill, which passed the Senate by voice vote without dissent, would make it illegal to videotape, photograph, film, broadcast or record a naked person or someone in underwear anyplace where a "reasonable person would believe that he or she could disrobe in privacy."
Under Bill S. 1301, "Video Voyeurism Prevention Act of 2003", a person convicted could face a fine and as much as a year in jail. The House Judiciary Committee is expected to consider it before the August recess".
"Currently there is no federal law protecting citizens from secret and intrusive videotaping in public places, though simple voyeurism, secretly photographing or videotaping someone in a compromising position or in a private place, is already against the law in most states", writes Holland.
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