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Is It Time to Stop Filming Strangers in Public?
There is a growing backlash.
@mitchelliguesss Even major influencers, like TikToker Joey Swoll and YouTuber Kurtis Conner have decried the rise of content that focuses on filming and humiliating strangers in public. According to Vox, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says that the ability to be able to film “creates an independent record of what took place in a particular incident, one that is free from accusations of bias, lying, or faulty memory.” Derigan Silver, chair of the University of Denver’s media, film, and journalism department, tells Vox that a successful defamation case requires proving that the material contains a “false statement of fact.” However, a video tends to show events as they happened, even if divorced from vital context.
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