Ethical problems pertaining to the paparazzi can be viewed from two different angles; feeling sorry for those they are chasing, or realizing that they brought it upon themselves. Celebrities know that hitting the big time is like extending an invitation to the media to follow you at all times, especially when you are doing something you should not be doing. Celebrities complain about the paparazzi invading their privacy by coming ontotheir property and following them at close range. However, they give everyone the ability to stalk them online through social networking. If celebrities do not want people to know everything about them, then they should not put all their information on the internet for all to see. It is very hypercritical to complain about people following them when they themselves are providing a medium to do it.
The Anti-Paparazzi acts was tightened in California recently by governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Being a celebrity in the limelight himself, the terminator restricted the rights of the press and increased the amount they are liable to be fined. The photographers are mad as they are taking away the rights they have regarding the first amendment. The law is only targeting the press, which they argue, is not just as they are being treated differently than others.
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