• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Filming people in public absolutely can rise to harassment, even without “explicit” actions expressing that it is unwanted.

    Which leads me to 2 things- the flock creep did take that action… they called the cops. Which if you think about is better than letting flock creeps directly confront people.

    Secondly, all of this is the reporters entire point. flock is breaking the law. They’re stalking us, and generally harassing us. If it’s wrong for the reporter to do it to them, it’s wrong for them to do it to millions of people daily.

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      6 hours ago

      Which if you think about is better than letting flock creeps directly confront people.

      I’m not at all sure about that. If one were to lay a hand on me, the outcome might be highly amusing if filmed.

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        1 hour ago

        Or they come out and confront you with a gun and you die.

        Or you carry and kill them and go to jail because a jury decided you provoked the confrontation and therefore it would not have been self defense.

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      21 hours ago

      I’d agree with that if we’re discussing a persistent nuisance or aggressively filming in someone’s face, certainly. In the context of the article, I’m not seeing much that justifies the allegation.

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        19 hours ago

        It seems Flock recording everyone is ok as it isn’t harassment using this definition however every Tom, Dick and Harry has access to the data and people are definitely being harassed. So Flock employees should be expecting to be recorded in a public place. An interesting discussion given how much people don’t like pervert glasses and don’t like Flock.

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      19 hours ago

      If it’s wrong for the reporter to do it to them, it’s wrong for them to do it to millions of people daily.

      Wrong one person, it’s a police report. Violate countless people at once, it becomes policy.