Hotel-room spy cams expose privacy fears as millions watch

A Hong Kong couple in Shenzhen were filmed in a hotel room without their consent, with the clip uploaded to social media and streaming sites as part of a broader China-wide spy-cam porn industry exposed by a BBC World Service investigation. Although China has introduced hotel-camera checks, hundreds of hotel-room cams reportedly operate on multiple sites and apps, with thousands of clips circulating on platforms like Telegram. Victims fear exposure and stigma, adopt disguises in public, and NGOs say that tech platforms and regulators share responsibility for removing non-consensual content.