"Alice was walking into a London shopping centre when she was approached by a man wearing smart glasses. She says she had no idea she was being filmed. 'In the moment I just thought OK this guy is just trying to talk to me, to chat me up,' she said. 'I was hoping that he would leave me alone eventually but he did actually follow me.'"
"Alice contacted the account that posted the video of her, asking for it to be taken down. She told the man who posted it that it made her feel 'humiliated'. In the email she received back, he said he would remove it as a 'paid service'. Alice says she was shocked by this response. 'It made me feel exploited, powerless,' she said."
"The BBC is one of many women who have spoken to the BBC about the distress they have endured after being recorded and posted online without their knowledge or consent. The videos are often posted on social media under the guise of giving dating advice to other men online."
Multiple women have reported being secretly filmed by men wearing smart glasses in public spaces and having videos posted on social media without their knowledge or consent. These recordings are often shared under the pretense of dating advice content. When victims request removal, perpetrators demand payment as a condition for taking down the videos. One victim, Alice, was filmed entering a shopping center, with the video gaining approximately 40,000 views before she discovered it through a friend. Upon requesting deletion, she was told removal would only occur as a paid service. Victims report feeling humiliated, exploited, and powerless. Police investigations have been initiated, though outcomes remain unclear.
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