They Didn’t Ask to Go Viral. Posting on Social Media Without Consent Is Immoral
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It's typical to ask friends for permission to share pictures of them. Yet people don't extend this courtesy to strangers, either because they think nothing of it or they need to go viral at all costs.

Summary

  • The article discusses the problem of non-consensual sharing of strangers’ images and videos on social media platforms.
  • It highlights how people sometimes exploit strangers for viral content without considering the potential harm caused.
  • The author emphasizes the need for consent before posting someone’s image or video and calls for a shift in societal norms regarding online privacy.
  • There is a French law that entitles child influencers to demand that platforms scrub all trace of them once they turn 16.
  • The article suggests that platforms could implement tools to obtain consent from strangers before posting content featuring them.
  • Ultimately, the author argues that treating strangers with respect and obtaining their consent should become the standard in online interactions to foster a more ethical and civil internet culture.
  • Pilkins@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    It is kind of fucked up. It’s one thing if someone is being abusive/combative and you’re filming them for your own safety, but so many videos are of mentally ill people or addicts acting weird but not harming anyone. People in the US constantly harp on about china’s social credit system, while basically making their own crowd sourced version without any limitations.

  • Jamie@jamie.moeEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    The article suggests that platforms could implement tools to obtain consent from strangers before posting content featuring them.

    That’s more terrifying than being randomly featured in something. Getting a notification that some rando filmed me asking for my consent would be way too much.

    • Elephant0991@lemmy.bleh.auOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Haha, what do they have to do to find out who the subject is, right? To do this sustainably, maybe to depend on view counts, mood of responses, weirdness of subject. More algorithmic nightmare. Or maybe we can all be like the princes. Be proper all the time. Wait, that doesn’t work too well, does it. 🤔

      • El Barto@lzrprt.sbsEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Nah, pure anarchy. If we’re all weird all the time, then we’ll start seeing more videos of people doing normal mundane things because that would be the weird thing socially.