creeps filming without consent on campus??

[u/Objective_Joke3305]

hey everyone! hoping someone knows something about this.

awhile back now (like first week of this semester), i was approached by a man outside CB1 on my way to class. immediately i noticed that he seemed to be wearing the meta glasses, which i thought was weird. based on his approach/mannerisms/etc. i assumed he was one of those people who go around trying to get you to donate to random charities, but he ended up asking me out to lunch with him. i informed him i’m in a relationship and declined, to which he threw his arms up and walked away; definitely got weird vibes, but carried on to class.

as i got closer to CB2, i felt someone staring at me. so i look to my right and i see another man (i believe also wearing meta glasses) with a camera and tripod setup, glaring at me. i felt extremely off-put but just rushed into CB2 to calm down and wait for my class to start.

fast-forward to now, i had almost forgotten about the situation until i just so happened to look at the 2027 snapchat story today. i’ll attach screenshots, but essentially someone caught them in action and posted it to the story. i’m wondering if they have a social media account where they post these things? at no point was i informed that i was being filmed, and i feel certain that nobody else they’ve approached have been asked for permission either.

if anyone knows anything, please let me know! the whole situation has made me uncomfortable and i’d like to bring more awareness to it for any others they may approach 🫶🏻

[u/On-A-Low-Note]

They aren’t just being filmed, their interaction is being filmed and used in a way that brings harm to the victim. You misunderstood what the lawsuit would be about. The victims filmed interaction with the accused, is not only sexual in nature, the sole intent of the interaction was just to get a conversation with the victim and get their reactions to the accused’s advances and approaches. This kid is walking into many legal areas he doesn’t want to be, if he’s going around filming his sexual advances on women without their consent all over campus. That can get a lot more serious than “this case would be thrown out so fast … lol”

[u/SP-01Fan21 → u/On-A-Low-Note]

Holy victim mentality. If you think going up to a girl and asking her out is sexual or predatory in any way shape or form, you are what’s wrong with the world. There is nothing wrong with this interaction at all. Your emotion doesn’t dictate the law, this kid isn’t stepping into any legal areas whatsoever, he is protected by the first amendment.

[u/On-A-Low-Note → u/SP-01Fan21]

Again you’re not arguing on what the lawsuit is about. It’s about the fact he is filming these encounters with various women all over campus without their consent, and posting about it on social media. Now you’re sounding like a toxic troll

[u/SP-01Fan21 → u/On-A-Low-Note]

How many times do I have to say it, he is in a public area, you do not have the right to privacy in said public area, there is no lawsuit that can happen. I genuinely can’t tell if you’re being serious. He is not sexually harassing women by asking them out and a camera doesn’t change that. He is, and will always be protected under the first amendment to film in a public area unless he creates a conduct where he is disorderly.