We had sex in a Chinese hotel, then found we had been broadcast to thousands (www.bbc.com)

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[-] Deyis@beehaw.org 30 points 7 hours ago

But he experienced what it feels like to be at the opposite end of the supply chain when he found the video of himself and his girlfriend "Emily" - and he no longer finds gratification in this content.

Oh, now he decides to have empathy.

[-] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 points 5 hours ago

I find the wording of the article to be remarkable. “At the opposite end of the supply chain.”

Eric (not his real name) was no longer just a consumer of China's spy-cam porn industry, but a victim.

A “consumer” who has admittedly been watching this type of “spy cam” footage for twenty years (since he was a teen, according to the article) and never once thought “wait, what if that was me?”

Then when he grows a conscience in his thirties he contacts the BBC.

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