{"id":572749,"date":"2023-01-25T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T08:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=572749"},"modified":"2023-01-25T08:33:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T08:33:15","slug":"why-it-s-time-to-stop-filming-strangers-in-public-for-social-media-thrills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/why-it-s-time-to-stop-filming-strangers-in-public-for-social-media-thrills","title":{"rendered":"Why it&#8217;s time to stop filming strangers in public for social media thrills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once, when I was younger and would dress somewhat outrageously, I caught a stranger recording me on his phone as I danced on the tube, on my way to a gay club. The video never surfaced online to my knowledge &#8211; perhaps he simply sent it to a group chat &#8211; but for months I looked over my shoulder when dancing.Turning strangers into online content for the purposes of comedy and entertainment has become a global pastime. And we lap it up. A drunk person relieves themselves in the street, a loved-up couple gets a bit steamy in a supermarket, a man is in his own world loudly singing out of tune on crowded public transport &#8211; the content is endless. But the line between lighthearted teasing and digital harassment seems to be getting thinner by the day.Recently, a 64-year-old, retired man, Michael Peacock, was filmed dancing enthusiastically at Fabric nightclub in London. The video was uploaded online with the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once, when I was younger and would dress somewhat outrageously, I caught a stranger recording me on his phone as I danced on the tube, on my way to a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-572749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-tv-videos"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}