Adam Maguire

And you can see from the content that, as I say, Meta is pushing on its platforms.

Often people appearing the videos clearly don't know that they're being recorded.

Some women have spoken about cases where they were approached by a man on a beach or at a gym and they only realised weeks later they were being filmed because they saw the video online.

And some content creators are doing this systematically.

That's kind of their thing that they're pushing online.

Some others are building audiences by posting videos where they provoke or prank unwitting members of the public to get a reaction.

So people are having these videos shared with the world around them, in some cases being goaded into doing things that they might not like other people to see.

And it's been shared then for other people's financial benefits with the rest of the world.

Not really, to be honest.

There's no legal requirement to get someone's consent to film them when they're in a public place or even inform them that you're doing so.

Essentially, you have no legal right to privacy when you are out in public.

And, you know, it's not an absolute right.

There are grey areas and limits.

You know, if someone is persistently doing it, you could potentially tip over into harassment, which would, of course, be illegal.

You know, if they're using the image for commercial gain, that could create some kind of problems.

You know, and these content creators are gaining often financially from this.

That could create an issue that could be GDP or concerns when a commercial entity is involved.

And then when it comes to private property, it's slightly different.

So like a shop or a pub, again, you probably don't have a reasonable expectation for privacy in those areas.

But the shop or the pub owner might have a policy that they don't want people recording.