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[–] crapwittyname@feddit.uk 10 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

In principle, targeting someone and taking photos of them should be illegal, under harassment law.
In practice, this will only apply if you are brown and don't speak very good English.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

So taking photos of people in general is still fine, but going after one person and taking lots of photos of just that person isn't.

[–] crapwittyname@feddit.uk 1 points 53 minutes ago

Yes. The law is based on "expectation of privacy". If you're out in public, you're not in a place where you can reasonably assume privacy, so you are ok to be filmed/photographed.