June 11, 2019 |
Non-Consensual Content Recorded in Public Called ‘Porn’ by Media, University |
Oregon State University (OSU) has issued an alert to students and faculty after secretly filmed videos of women walking around campus were discovered on a porn site. The exact site on which these videos appear was not disclosed in news reports, however, according to the universityâs department of public safety, more than fifty have been found. The videos are shot from behind and in such a way that victims are not recognizable. All of the videos appear to have been recorded within the past few weeks. In addition to the dirtbag nature of these videos, a news story on KOIN.com — reported from the campus proper and shared below — conveyed shock that they “may not be against the law.” Legality was discussed by William Funk, a law professor at Lewis & Clark Law School who weighed in on the issue. According to Funk, because the videos in question do not include anything identifying the people being filmed and no money is being made from the content, this is an ethics issue — rather than a legal one. The fact that the campus, where people are walking and where this person is filming, is public property is also a factor. The university posted the following notice on Facebook:Â
None of this really matters though as students are still creeped out by the creation of non-consensual content as they walk to and from class. Also, none of these factors stop people from referring to this unethical content creation as porn. Image by Buro Millennial from Pexels. |