South Korea will attempt to crack down on hidden cameras in public toilets after a recent wave of 'spy-cam porn'.
Officials in Seoul, the country's capital, will now begin daily checks for hidden cameras in public toilets after public outcry over the practice.
Many of the country's public toilets have been targeted by voyeurs who have taken to posting clips of unsuspecting women online.
Offenders have also used objects including pens, watches and shoes – equipped with spy-cams to take covert clips.
And the crisis has spread at such a rate that the government has been forced to introduce several measures to dissuade those responsible.
Mobile phones sold in the country are now required to make a loud audible sound when taking photos, an attempt to discourage surreptitious recording.
Government employees will also be required to check public places far more regularly under new plans.
At present, the Seoul government checks each toilet about once a month, and employs only 50 inspectors to monitor more than 20,000 public bathrooms.
The new plan will call for the 8,000 city workers who maintain and clean the bathrooms to conduct daily checks.
Police said more than 26,000 victims have been filmed in public toilets and changing rooms between 2012 and 2016, but many cases go unreported.
Despite the number of reported incidents government inspectors have failed to find any cameras in the past two years.
Experts and activists slammed the checks, saying they were little more than a show and most cameras were installed in homes and offices.
Record numbers of women have been holding monthly protests on the streets of Seoul, with last month's demonstration drawing 70,000 protesters.
This article has been adapted from its original source.
