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Here in the UK you're allowed by law to take photos in public but you will get hassled by the police if they feel like it an no amount of being right will help
by Paul_S 10y ago
Here in the UK you're allowed by law to take photos in public but you will get hassled by the police if they feel like it an no amount of being right will help you then. You cannot win. It's OK if you take photos with your phone but owning an SLR is basically terrorism.
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- gambiting 10y agoI took a picture of a busy Street in a large city,only to be approached 10 seconds later by some lady telling me she's a teacher and her group of pupils is in my picture,and she doesn't feel comfortable with it and she wants me to delete it. I remember the intense embarrassment I felt that moment, like she was calling me a pedophile in public or something,even though in hindsight I should have told her to just fuck off, this was a public space and the shot was of the entire street. I'm really worried about taking pictures in public places now because of that one incident.
- smelendez 10y agoI have really mixed feelings here. I have some sympathy for a teacher in that situation. If someone takes a picture of her students and publishes it, it can hurt them or her depending on context. That risk disappears if the picture disappears. And I do think it's generally OK to ask people not to exercise their rights as a favor: I might ask a neighbor to move their car to free up a legally occupied parking spot for a disabled relative; someone with children might ask adults not to use legal but racist or misogynist language in front of their kids. I agree it's a slippery slope, especially if she's a public school teacher and bound by your countries' free speech, etc., laws (and more likely to have the advantage if she calls police).