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Seriously? Apparently no one knows or has seen Alan Funt's Candid Camera. This was no worse than hundreds of situations that Funt created, filmed and put in T

• guilhermeasg 4y ago
  I can’t believe people are talking about a thing, when clearly there also exists another thing!
• davesque 4y ago
  I remember Candid Camera. I don't think the general comparison with Candid Camera really lines up. I'm not sure I can explain why exactly. Maybe there was just a different general attitude that people had about that sort of thing back then. Maybe people were given the opportunity to sign consent forms before the video was broadcast. Perhaps it was less of a problem because it had to be more carefully orchestrated; not everyone had a video recording device in their pocket. However, in this specific case, I think the biggest problem was that falsehoods were being spread about this person without her consent. From the article: But after seeing the TikTok video featured in media reports describing her as an “elderly woman” with a “heartbreaking tale,” she said she “felt dehumanised”. The woman's response: “It’s the patronising assumption that … older women will be thrilled by some random stranger giving them flowers.” Seems totally fair to me. She now has to feel like she's an object of pity. And the original gesture was clearly self-serving. If you check out the rest of this guy's TikTok videos, they're all like this.