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Woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent

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It's also particularly annoying that the gift was a bouquet of flowers. If the woman wants to enjoy her gift, she needs to get a vase, go home ASAP, immediately put the flowers in water, and then keep taking care of them for the next several days. That's all fine if you're expecting it, but really annoying if it's an inconvenient time.

Re: Woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent

#93

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Social Media has largely exposed the levels of narcissism embedded in a large number of human's psychological makeup , Selfies, clout chasing and virtue signalling are ever increasing forms of narcissism that really has destroyed the internet IMO

It's really a shame people turned virtue signaling into a dirty world that can't be used in civil discussion. It is a great descriptor for all sorts of human behavior in all sorts of contexts. Edit: y'all are kind of proving my first point.

I am not aware of a context where virtue signaling would be a good practice or behavior.

Re: Woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent

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> “So far Harrison has only encountered gratitude for what he has done, however it is clear in this case someone is upset. He wholeheartedly apologises to Maree if she was offended by what he did and urges her to contact him privately so he can personally apologise. If she requests him to take down the video he will do that.” 59m views. What about the money?

Money? It's all about love and gratitude, Harrison clearly isn't interested in such shallow things as money.

Re: Woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent

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Depictions of oneself are part of your identity, but the only way to control such things is via copyright, which is assigned to the person filming. Could really use some new laws here.

It depends on the country. Filming someone in public where they are the subject of the video (or photo) without their consent is illegal in France. If this had been recorded in France instead of Australia, the rights of the subject (the woman) to her image would trump any right to film in a public place of a Tiktok creator.

I have recently checked and it's absolutely legal to film someone in public. You're just not allowed to diffuse it.

Re: Woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent

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I would like to ask this tiktok guy how often he does his random acts of kindness without the camera rolling...

His spokespeople will be happy to answer that question for him.

why the hell does a TikToker need a spokesperson at all? ego boost?

Re: Woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent

#97
I honestly dislike it so much that social media normalized filming or making pictures of random people (in the "they are the (sole) motive" way, not random crowds) and publishing it without their permission. Doesn't help that everyone always has an unsuspicious camera on them. :/

Re: Woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent

#98

TikTok and Instagram are fascinating to me. I got on the latter less than a year ago and seem to have “used up” all the decent content. There are some content generators that still do a good job. But it’s loaded with a whole spectrum of operators who are simply trying to game the system. Yesterday on my timeline was a video of a machine in a factory in China that rotates a drum 180 degrees. It had a million views and…

> and seem to have “used up” all the decent content

What does this mean? Instagram is used for current content.

Re: Woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent

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It's really a shame people turned virtue signaling into a dirty world that can't be used in civil discussion. It is a great descriptor for all sorts of human behavior in all sorts of contexts. Edit: y'all are kind of proving my first point.

I am not aware of a context where virtue signaling would be a good practice or behavior.

I meant it's a useful and descriptive term. I abhor the behavior.

Re: Woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent

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Public spaces like malls require a permit/location release for a commercial shoot on the property, and social media is increasingly commercial. I would be surprised if there were no lawsuits to this effect yet.

I don't think there's much case for a lawsuit. The mall has a right to kick you out for doing so but once it's done there's not much legal recourse in the U.S.

In the US you'd need permission to film the location, and without a release you could be stopped from using the video commercially (social media can count as commercial use if the uploader profits from views)

This can cover public places too, some localities require a permit to film a public place for commercial use.

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