With the continued rise of video-centric social media platforms in conjunction with the ever-increasing presence of video recording devices, it seems that any etiquette there might have been surrounding not recording videos of strangers or acquaintances and posting them online is virtually nonexistent.
The desire for views, clicks, and fake internet points has increasingly encouraged bystanders to whip out their phones and start recording whenever something "interesting" occurs. Turning unhelpful bystanders into insidious meddlers like Jake Gyllenhaal's character in Nightcrawler with no interest in helping those in need when it could possibly interfere with their chance at clout.
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This is not aided by the fact that it used to be that security footage and mobile phone recordings would be nothing but a blurry image with poor audio quality. Now, darn near everyone has 4k video cameras in their pocket and jammed into just about every household appliance and object you could possibly imagine. So, now there's no plausible deniability of who that person in the video actually is, most of us can easily discern through the quality of the footage we're seeing and hearing who the subjects might be and whether or not they're known to us.
Regardless of the legalities concerned and the "rights" you might have to record in a public setting, it remains the case that decorum has gone out the window, and concepts like minding your own business and mutual respect are merely afterthoughts to posting the next viral hit.
Certainly, you wouldn't expect your employer to go ahead and post security footage online of an unfortunate mistake you made at work, especially when that mistake resulted in non-insignificant injuries. Unfortunately, that's what this worker shared happened after finding that their manager had thought their mistake was hilarious and shared it on an online video-sharing platform. Discussion emerged in the thread surrounding the issue and community members lent their advice on what they felt the worker should do.
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