The UK now has a law against upskirting

A law change that comes into force in the UK today originates the highly intrusive practice of’ upskirting’ illegal.

The government said it craves the said law to send a clear message that such behaviour is criminal and will not be tolerated.

Perpetrators in England and Wales face up to two years in prison under the new law if they’re imprisoned of taking a photograph or video underneath a person’s drapes for the aim of viewing their underwear or genitals/ rumps without their insight or agree for sexual gratification or to effect dishonour, distress or scare.( Scotland, residence of the traditional male dres part known as the kilt, has had a constitution against upskirting since 2010.)

There have been prosecutions for upskirting in England and Wales under an existing common law offence of scandalizing public modesty. But following awareness-raising campaigns started by an upskirting martyr the government decided to legislate to plug spreads in the laws and regulations to make it a sex offence.

The Voyeurism( Offences)( No. 2) Bill was introduced on June 21 last year and increases royal assent today.

Where the offence of upskirting is committed in order to obtain sexual gratification it can result in the most serious convicts being is available on the sex offenders register.

Under the new law scapegoats are also entitled to automatic defence, such as from being identified in the media.

While the UK government is intending the law change to send a clear message that upskirting is socially unacceptable, there’s no doubt the existing legislation alone can’t do that. Robust implementation is essential to counter any problematic demeanours that might be contributing to encourage antisocial uses of technologies in the first place.

For example, in South Korea a regulation against upskirting carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison yet the legislation has failed to curb an epidemic of criminal offences fuelled by inexpensive access to tiny concealed snoop cameras and broiled in societal sexism — the latter seemingly also influencing how police choose to uphold the law, with campaigners complaining most perpetrators get off with big fines.

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