February 24, 2009
Indian police guard woman after video of her undressing appears on internet
A young woman has been given police protection after a video clip of her undressing in a bedroom was circulated on the internet, provoking a debate about how the law deals with morals and technology in India. The Guardian
The short film is thought to have been taken by an MBA student who decided to release it to his friends when his girlfriend refused to marry him. The pair, who were classmates at a local college, fell out and to take revenge the man broke into his former girlfriend's email account and sent out the video. It has become India's most searched item on Google.
Women's organisations have repeatedly warned of the rising tide of sexually explicit video clips that are emerging after failed relationships. "It is getting to be a big problem. In the past we have not had such love affairs being exposed like this," said Hembrom.
There have been cases highlighted of young women being blackmailed and beaten up. Others have reportedly committed suicide – ashamed by being exposed by their own naivety. In most instances women and men are willing participants in making the video clip – without realising the implications for their personal privacy when the relationship sours.
The most recent case comes just as India is about to make "online viral video voyeurism" a crime, with both the uploading and transmitting of such clips an offence being punishable in the first instance by three years in jail or a half a million rupee (£7,400) fine.
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