South Korea's capital city, Seoul will soon be checking hidden cameras in public toilets to talk "spy-cam porn". South Korea is currently trying to deal with the issue of videos being secretly filmed in public toilets and changing rooms. As per reports, more than 26,000 people have fallen prey to these incidents between 2012 and 2016. Around 6,000 were reported just last year. In most of the cases, videos are uploaded online without even the victims knowing about it. As there was an increase in related incidents, women had protested against it by carrying signs with messages that read: 'my life is not your porn'.

According to a BBC report, an activist said that women always live in fear of being filmed or photographed without their knowledge. In cases of spy camera porn, 80 per cent of the victim is women. Seoul's public toilets are currently under surveillance and hidden cameras are being inspected once a month. Staff who maintain the toilets will also be required to check for spy cameras daily.

Earlier law officials had said that it is difficult to hold of these criminals as they install cameras and take it down in 15 minutes. While last year more than 5,400 people were arrested for spy camera related crimes, only lesser than two per cent were jailed. Yonhap said that 50 government employees assigned with finding hidden cameras had not discovered any for two years.

According to a report in The Guardian, the Seoul government checks each toilet once a month and employs just 50 inspects for 20,000 public bathrooms. They have also been accused of sexism in the recent past. A South Korean court had sentenced a woman in jail last month for sharing a nude photo of a male colleague, while men who do similar crimes or even those including videos are just fined.

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