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During parliamentary debate of the law, government representatives said the offense of filming or distributing films of acts of violence targets the practice of “happy slapping,” in which a violent attack is filmed by an accomplice, typically with a camera phone, for the amusement of the attacker’s friends.
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As we have seen so often in the past from governments (including our own) the cure is worse than the illness. I imagine there are quite a few in our country who would like some restrictions put on private citizen video recording especially of our police in action.
A government doesn't have to be socialist to pass what many of us perceive as laws that go too far in restricting our freedom.