Hundreds of Calgary women secretly photographed, posted to 'CanadaCreep' Twitter account

[inanna]

Posted: Jun 13, 2017 1:01 PM MT

A Twitter account that amassed 17,000 followers by posting surreptitiously recorded images of Calgary women's clothed breasts, buttocks and genital areas — including videos filmed up women's skirts while they walked — has been suspended by the social media service.

The "CanadaCreep" account was active for almost a full year and had posted hundreds of photos and videos before Twitter shut it down on Tuesday morning, following numerous complaints.

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There were also numerous videos in which the camera operator follows women wearing dresses or skirts from behind until the women walk up stairs or there is another opportunity to put the camera low to the ground and point it upward, capturing images of their underwear.

That can qualify as a criminal act in Canada, where surreptitiously recording images up women's skirts where the victims have a "reasonable expectation of privacy" is punishable under the voyeurism section of the Criminal Code.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/canadacreep-twitter-account-calgary-voyeurism-1.4158523

[Squinch]

1. Why is the world so full of assholes?

[inanna]

2. I wish I knew the answer.

The good news is that the psychopath responsible will probably be caught due to his own face being captured in some of the images.

Karma.

[Squinch]

3. Yes. But Twitter allowed it for a year, and he had thousands of followers.

[inanna]

4. Maybe a twitter lawsuit in the works?

I don't know, but these violations must stop.

[luvMIdog]

5. I think that would have made me violent had that happened to me when I was young & I caught some

perv trying to film up my clothes. I really think I would have ended up in jail for grabbing anything handy and beating him with it. Yep that would trigger white hot rage in me.

[inanna]

6. UPDATE: He's facing additional child pornography charges

By The Canadian Press
Sun., June 18, 2017

CALGARY—A Calgary man accused of filming women without their knowledge and posting their images to a Twitter account called “Canada Creep” is facing additional charges.

Jeffrey Robert Williamson, 42, was freed on bail on Thursday after being charged with three counts each of voyeurism and publication of voyeuristic recordings in relation to three alleged incidents.

But Calgary police say he was rearrested on Friday and charged Saturday with possession of child pornography and accessing child pornography.

Investigators say they seized a number of electronic devices that contained multiple terabytes of data, including alleged child pornography.

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https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/06/18/canada-creep-suspect-facing-child-pornography-charges.html