Showing faces on TV

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What's the deal with filming and later showing members of the public on TV?

Just watching Police Interceptors, I often notice on these types of shows that some criminals or even members of the public have their faces completely blurred whereas others don't? Regardless of age, severity of crime or circumstances. I just can't see why the pixelation rules would apply to one and not the other?

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Whoever signs a release giving permission for them to be shown perhaps? Or maybe there is a more specific system in place? Certainly it would be expected that anybody on camera would have to be notified of filming and provide their express permission to be featured.
 
Might be to do with the content of the show, as in having your face flash on screen as you walk past a new reader doing something in public is very different to being filmed standing next to someone getting arrested and trying to stab a police officer in the neck.

I would be very surprised if there was any requirement for them to get your permission unless what they were doing somehow misrepresented you, which is why I would imagine people shown on police shows faces tend to be blurred.
 
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If my mug ended up on TV on some two-bit show without my permission, I'd take them to the cleaners.

.. and make them do my laundry.
 
I was curious about this too as you're being held captive by the police whilst someone accompanying them is thrusting a camera in your face which is very different to being film whilst in public.

When there's a raid and the cameraman goes into the house I often wonder why the home owners don't tell them to sling their hook as they're on private property and don't have permission to film inside their home.
 
IIRC when they are in public there is pretty much zero expectation of privacy, so I suspect the blurred faces will either generally be minors, or people whose cases may not have reached court at the time of the editing.

I'm not sure about the raid ones, although I suspect it will be covered by something along the lines of the footage being usable as evidence in court, thus public record or something similar.
 
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I'm not sure about the raid ones, although I suspect it will be covered by something along the lines of the footage being usable as evidence in court, thus public record or something similar.
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Being able to use to footage as evidence is a fair point but for the purpose of broadcasting (whether they are found guilty or not)?
 
although release forms are part of it, most of it is down to being guilty or not.

at the time of filming the offence is alledged, so they would not be able to show your face, without consent.

by post production, some have been found guilty, these ones are shown and have no contest as to being shown on camera (same as reporting in newspaper, its fact) some however have not been found guilty. and have to be blurred.

lastly, the guilty ones who remain blurred, could be part of an ongoing investigation, or it would be in the public interest not to reveal them.
 
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