Italian social media users are expressing outrage after judges said groping had to last 10 seconds to be considered sexual assault.
Italian judges have acquitted a man accused of groping a school student because it lasted less than 10 seconds.Videos show people touching their bodies and staring into the camera while a stopwatch counts down time.At least 10 seconds, according to an Italian courtroom.
The student, who was 17 at the time, said she was walking to class when a caretaker grabbed her underwear and touched her buttocks.READ MORE Prosecutors argued the 66-year-old should be given a three-and-a-half-year sentence for sexual assault. One of the first people to use the tag was actor Paolo Camilli, who posted a video online showing himself rubbing his chest alongside a stopwatch counting down from 10 seconds.His post sparked a wave of videos showing social media users staring into a camera touching their bodies - or having another person touching them - for 10 seconds.
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