- Ride operator Elisabeth Polaczy has distributed over 100 pairs of free cycling shorts to women and girls riding the Teufelsrad attraction at Munich's Oktoberfest to protect them from upskirting.
- Reports from German media reveal that at least 32,000 voyeuristic videos of women on the spinning attraction are circulating online, with some clips accumulating millions of views.
- An investigation by local broadcaster BR identified YouTubers from Ukraine and Bavaria behind the footage, with some images of festival waitresses also being digitally altered to depict them naked.
- Upskirting was criminalised in Germany in 2020 and carries a maximum two-year prison sentence, but ride operators and police struggle to prevent non-consensual filming despite widespread warning posters and safety measures.
- In response to the pervasive filming, several female festival staff members have also resorted to wearing shorts underneath their traditional dirndls to safeguard their privacy.
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