May be of interest to some of you, here in the North East we are having a lot of people upset with the latest thing of recording people with Meta Glasses making POV content and monetising it, what do you reckon could be done to prevent this? People are saying introduce new safety laws around the issue where others say youre in public you may be recorded and its not against the law. Its such a grey area.
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Can we stop pretending this is “content”?
Filming people who are clearly struggling with addiction, homelessness or other vulnerabilities and uploading it for likes, views and ad revenue isn’t ok.
It’s ritual humiliation and dehumanising.
It’s turning someone’s struggle into “content”
I’ve seen more and more of these videos popping up on TikTok and Instagram recently, filmed on those bliddy glasses, and they’re proper rank. Reducing real people with real lives, families and trauma into punchlines whilst they have no idea they are being filmed.
I’m mortified that this is happening in Newcastle. People deserve dignity man!
There’s a petition targeting two local “content creators” calling for stronger protections against exploitative, non-consensual filming of vulnerable people. Please sign it- we need change- link in comments.
