Aus News 20: Public toilet perverts put on notice in Victoria

Individuals who spy people in public toilet and film bashing and road trauma would be prosecuted under the surveillance laws. The Victorian Law Reform Commission found out that public privacy has been eroded with the proliferation of surveillance devices such as the CCTV cameras, video-enabled mobile phones and the prevalent use of internet sites like Facebook and You Tube. The commission recommends the individual watchdog to regulate the use of these surveillance devices and that new charges on any private offences will be introduced soon. The purposes are, to outlaw hidden cameras in toilets and change rooms, to ban filming of violence and accident scenes for entertainment, as well as to avert filming for intimidation purposes.

Comments:
The invention of new technologies nowadays has prompted more criminal offences. This law should have been implemented earlier. Those perverts who like to offend others' privacy should be given heavy penalties. Besides, the use of surveillance devices has to be controlled as well. Public should also be more alert so that they will not be the easy targets or the next victims of those perverts.