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Replying to an earlier post

Meta enlisted cricketer Virat Kohli and a roster of content creators to promote its Gen 2 version of the glasses aimed at affluent Indians.

And it turns out affluent Indians behave the exact same as affluent Americans that go around like creeps to record people. In this case, it was to effectively mock and dox them. And it clearly worked, because the influencer gets to hide behind a pseudonym in the article, while the trans person does not.

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I’m so sick of this entire concept. And the fucking chuds that pop up and say “you have no expectation of privacy in public” fuck you, people do have rights in public when there’s a voyeur recording up their skirts or down their blouses. people - women and kids especially - deserve to live in a world where they aren’t recorded by every fucking sicko that walks by

Replying to @⁨borkborkbork@piefed.social⁩

There’s also laws in place if you’re in focus, that requires permission.

Sure I can take a picture of a plaza and if you happen to be on that photo, that’s bad luck. But I can’t zoom in on you garbling down a spinach roll.

For your scenario of going too close and forcing their way to film voyeur stuff, sounds like harassment

Edited ⁨⁨Jul⁩ ⁨25⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨08:24⁩⁩en