Shubnam, who identifies as transfeminine, said they were in the middle of moving house in Delhi’s scorching 40 degrees Celsius-plus summer when they found out that a video of them telling a social media content creator to “f*** off” had gone viral.
The clip of their fleeting interaction at a trans rights protest was recorded without Shubnam’s knowledge or consent, using Meta’s AI (artificial intelligence) Ray-Ban smart glasses. It was filmed by a relatively unknown content creator on Instagram, who goes by the username Parley (@parley.96) and specialises in ragebait pranks.
