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recently, the police in shijiazhuang, hebei province, issued a notice saying that they had arrested three suspects who were suspected of secretly installing online-purchased surveillance equipment in guest rooms, and took criminal compulsory measures in accordance with the law. this police report has once again aroused the public's attention and concerns about the chaos of secretly filming.

image source: xinhua branch of shijiazhuang public security bureau

"a man was detained for installing a hidden camera in a hotel room," "a hidden camera was found in a female tenant's room and the landlord was detained," "the police cut off a black and gray industry chain of hidden filming and buying and selling obscene videos in hotels"... judging from the reports issued by police in many places, this type of hidden filming phenomenon is not an isolated case and must be dealt with severely and comprehensively.

whether it is in a hotel, homestay or rented house, secretly filming is against the law. we should investigate wherever there is a problem and plug wherever there is a loophole. we should especially deal a head-on blow to the trend of large-scale and industrialized development of such secretly filming and take strict precautions.

to rectify this kind of voyeurism, it is necessary to work together to cut off this black profit chain. previously, after months of deployment and in-depth investigation, the police in a certain place went through four provinces and eight cities, including shandong, hebei, henan, and shaanxi, and cut off a black and gray industry chain of voyeurism and the sale of indecent videos in hotels. they arrested six suspects, seized 12 cameras, more than 30 mobile phones, and more than 100 indecent videos.

after combing through the details, we can find that the suspects have a clear division of labor and clear procedures. they first bought cameras online and modified them, and then installed them in multiple hotels while staying there. after secretly filming the videos, they released screenshots of the indecent videos through online channels and developed agents... it can be seen that to control the chaos of secretly filming, we must not only strictly investigate who bought the secretly filming tools and who carried out the secretly filming behavior, but also strictly investigate the middlemen, and even strictly investigate who bought them and what they used them for after purchasing them?

in addition, online platforms must also fulfill their responsibilities, say no to the sale of illegal hidden camera tools and illegal video transactions on their platforms, and do their best to reduce the space for such chaos.

the frequent occurrence of candid photography in hotels (homestays) cannot be underestimated. on the one hand, it seriously infringes on citizens' privacy rights and other rights; on the other hand, it will also damage the city's image, harm the development of the local cultural tourism industry, and even affect the healthy development of the entire homestay industry.

it is worth mentioning that in recent years, relevant departments have stepped up their efforts to rectify the phenomenon of sneak photography in accordance with the law. for example, the central cyberspace affairs commission, together with the ministry of industry and information technology, the ministry of public security, and the state administration for market regulation, has deepened the centralized governance of black industries such as camera peeping. the network security departments of public security organs across the country have cracked down on illegal production, installation, and control of network cameras and other eavesdropping and stealing equipment, as well as sneak photography and peeping crimes in accordance with the law. adhere to the problem-oriented approach, go to the problem, focus on the problem, eliminate such chaos with the power of root cause treatment, and the public will feel safer in accommodation.

original title《hot comments from the people: crack down on the illegal and gray industries of voyeurism and restore public accommodation safety》。