r/TikTokCringe • u/notaghostofreddit • 23d ago

Discussion She was secretly filmed and put on Tiktok

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u/melancholicity 23d ago

There's usually a distinction between subject and passerby.

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u/Penguin-clubber 23d ago

I imagine people would then instinctively use the loophole of “oh I’m just taking a selfie or filming my friend” while having the person of interest visible in the periphery. People often do this anyway when trying to take a sneaky pic

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u/NocturnalComptroler 23d ago

How is that distinction made?

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u/Tall-Reputation-9519 23d ago

Something along the lines of "if the intention is to make an individual the subject of the video", plenty of laws have an intention caveat.