‘He was tall, handsome—and had Meta glasses’: Austin woman gets hit on by man who calls her ‘thicker than a Snicker.’ Then she checks Instagram later

Most people don’t want to be an unknowing subject in a video for social media. Nowadays, we’re constantly looking over our shoulders in public. And amidst the digital age, content supersedes consent.

Over the years, this has manifested into a phenomenon. A BBC survey conducted in 2020 found that 52% of young people have experienced someone sharing a photo or video of them online without asking their permission. Just scrolling on social media, there are countless clips of people setting up their tripod in public to transform the space into their stage, using others as their background characters or filming a person’s bizarre outburst.