Are other professions being secretly filmed for social media?

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I'm thoroughly pissed off with this culture of people assuming it's ok to film teachers and share the footage. I wonder what would have happened if I'd recorded and shared the A&E doctor (and no, it wasn't at all busy -we were the only ones there) who told my DH that he had strained a muscle lifting the shopping and to go home and watch some stuff on Youtube about careful lifting, when he presented with a very painful and swollen leg. I had told her that I was worried that he had a DVT. She scornfully dismissed me. Turns out he had an aneurysm and 2 days later was airlifted to a major hospital 200 miles away for emergency surgery. Lucky to have survived.

And the doc who asked me, on arrival in A&E with bradycardia, that if my heart stopped that night, did I want to be resuscitated? I'm basically fit and healthy, no other issues at all, active and contributing majorly to society, with so much to live for.

Then there was the lawyer who spent most of the hour I paid for to discuss family issues telling me about his family and how they'd made their money in confectionery, and that'll be basically my week's teacher's salary, thanks.

Everyone can make mistakes, do stupid things, be irritating. No-one should have to tolerate being publicly harassed and humiliated in that way, and I fear that it had become normalised, as teachers are fair game to everyone, it seems.

👏 well said

I'm thoroughly pissed off with this culture of people assuming it's ok to film teachers and share the footage

I dont think I've ever seen any footage of a teacher in a negative light.

Police officers, shop staff, security staff, hospitality staff - yes, some more frequently than others. But never teachers

Well I’ve seen some horrific TikTok’s of my children’s teachers. One was labelled a peado. The police were involved but they just can’t catch the individuals half the time.

@Deathraystare - that made me laugh, Thankyou!
Can't go into details for obvious reasons but the person doing the filming did shoot themselves in the foot with one of their dramatic 'reveals' - which did atleast give my staff member a bit of comfort!

Yes, on the main entrance - what business doesn't. There are signs up, it's non invasive, non audio and the only people who get to see the footage are the police. I don't use it as a form of harassment, abuse or ridicule.

Teachers complain too much? I disagree. It sounds like doctors and nurses don't complain enough?

Every time you let this sort of thing pass you send the message that it's fine to do the same to your colleagues in future.

In most private sector contexts this kind of thing would get you kicked out the door without hesitation.

I'm recorded in my work, as I take phone calls in a medical capacity and then pass them on to the most appropriate service. This is expected and useful as it makes sure I'm doing my job properly and safely and also if a service user complains too it can be listened back to. I don't mind, it's a safety net for all involved.

As long as the person is doing their job properly then being recorded shouldn't be an issue really

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Of course it's an issue. I'm a Social Worker, colleagues have been filmed, stalked, harassed, shared across Social media all in order to invite others to do them harm. Their addresses shared, details of their children, it's dangerous.

Nothing to do with doing your job properly if you have just removed the children of someone who has a few thousand followers who believe they've had the children "stolen" when they've done nothing wrong.

Good post and I agree with it.

What I hate more than professionals being filmed, are homeless people, elderly etc.. who are the victims of some martyr youtuber trying to do a 'good deed' by giving them cash or random 'acts of kindness' exploiting them for personal gainfor likes. When I see clips like this I always think 'did you get that person's consent to put your video on YouTube?' I doubt it.

I'm a nurse and we tell parents that they can't film us. As we have not consented and it's a confidentiality issue for other patients in the bay.

There was actually a discussion about nurses wearing body cams like police officers at one point. I wouldn't personally mind it but brings in a lot of ethical considerations (personal care, people unable to consent). I certainly would not mind being recorded in the drugs prep room to be able to confirm drug errors/confirm what has happened with controlled drugs and I do think it would be a lot more effective than some of the other methods they use to dissuade people stealing meds.

However I would absolutely shut down people filming in my clinical area. Not for my interaction with them, I'm not doing anything wrong (though I do have concerns that it could be edited). But I have a lot of very vulnerable people under my care that could be caught on camera which I feel is pretty dignity stripping. Sadly I've seen some videos making a fool of people suffering from acute psychiatric concerns filmed by patients bored in ED. I have no time for that nonsense.

On if the hospital's I've worked at had a pilot for nurses wearing body cams. Either nurse or patient could ask for it to be activated at any time. I wasn't opposed to it at all, but the footage was controlled - used to review practice, learn from and investigate complains and incidents.

Patients filming and putting staff and other patients on social media is really problematic, and definitely happens. I'm in mental health nursing, so it's usually tagged "horrible nurses have imprisoned me" or something, when the reality is that the patient is extremely unwell and has been sectioned (not a decision nurses have any part of).

I'm interested how people would "absolutely shut down" filming. How? I ask patients not too, I can try and physically shield other patients by standing in the way, but I would have no justification for actually doing anything to stop it.

I wish social media was better at taking down videos taken non-consentially.

@Imamumgetmeoutofhere

Oh come off if. It’s not comparable the scenario you just gave. It’s not acceptable for a teacher to be filmed by a student. They certainly don’t have the authority to do so and I can assure you it’s because they want to take the piss out of them on Snapchat. It’s certainly not for later revision 🤦‍♀️.

ODFOD. Teaching tolerance and respect is not fucking dangerous

Everyone gets filmed now. It’s awful. I work in retail and customers use it as a way of threatening you to do what they want.

"Well I work in s men's prison so phones are banned.."

You're very naive if you think there are no phones in prison 😅. Fucking hell, how long you been in, a week?

Also there's those tik tok knobheads who turn up in the car park filming.

Why on earth would it only be teachers who get recorded?

Of course it happens in other professions. It is not just teachers and it is odd that you think it would be.

Yes, social workers, police, health staff, council staff, traffic wardens, the list is endless.