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It Is Now A Criminal Offence To Take A Screenshot With Your Phone

People who take a screenshot of their mobile phone may face up to 2-years in prison under strict laws in the UK.  Users caught screen-grabbing pictures on popular apps such as Snapchat, without the original owners consent, could be sued and face jail time, according to The Independent. British copyright law makes it illegal for anybody to copy an image and make it publicly available without explicit consent from the original owner. Activistpost.com reports: In addition, those caught saving and sharing ‘raunchy’ snaps could be looking at a much more serious crime.

Deaths From Overwork Are Rising At An Unsettling Pace In Japan

In Japan, the death of a person from overwork is called “karoshi”, and now it is on the rise in the country.  According to Reuters: Labor demand, with 1.28 jobs per applicant, is the highest since 1991, which should help Prime Minister Shinzo Abe draw more people into the workforce to counter the effect of a shrinking population, but lax enforcement of labor laws means some businesses are simply squeezing more out of employees, sometimes with tragic consequences.

South Carolina Police Conduct Roadside Cavity Search

Police officers in the South Carolina city of Aiken recorded themselves as they exposed an African-American driver’s breasts and searched  her partner’s rectum. The disturbing dashcam video from 2014 shows at least one member of the police Department search inside the man’s rectum for the ‘crime’ of being a passenger in a car with a temporary paper license plate, which is not illegal in South Carolina. According to the Washington Post, the car belonged to a woman named Lakeya Hicks, who had the paper tags because she had recently purchased the vehicle.

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