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@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

2026-09-19 16:07 UTC

If only she’d given her son a pair of pervert glasses and a spy watch, she’d have been A-OK (CW: link contains allegations of child abuse in a school setting) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-19/gippsland-mother-charged-hidden-recording-device/107172332

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  • @vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de 2026-09-19 17:11

    @wendypalmer@mastodon.au interestingly in England and Wales (possibly Scotland/NI too, but they have different legal systems) you'd likely be justified for using the surveillance equipment *provided* the data was sent straight to safeguarding authorities, not shared on social media. Certainly no-one would face criminal charges for deploying it (unless it was done deliberately for harrasment, such as a teenager who was using it for bullying) Brits can (and do) use whatever covert/semi-covert recording kit they can get their hands on, even the old ladies walking dogs sometimes have semi-covert bodycams (due to concerns over angry men with big dogs behaving aggressively in dogwalking areas) https://becket-chambers.co.uk/articles/case-law-on-covert-recordings/

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