Why is it that when you watch the news, they don’t blur out the background people like Google maps do?

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Basically this, when you watch the news, the faces are not blurred out, those that are just passing by or such but when you use google maps, they blur out peoples faces and such. Both are publicly accessible and I just wonder what the difference is.

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Depends on the local laws. In some countries privacy laws are stronger. In US it’s generally allowed to film people for the general reporting of news within the current laws.

In Japan for example you will find that news and especially reality shows blur out a lot, sometimes it looks like *everything* except the subjects of the show is a blur. A bit bizarre first time you see it.

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