Consent re picture

[Gloriaamericanfamily]

If you saw a picture of a group one of the world's top university's students with a Tesco worker who didn't look thrilled in it, while the other students were smiling with what looked lie fake smiles and a sarcastic thumbs up, would you raise it with the university (regarding the worker's consent)? The photo was found on a student's personal Instagram account, and my personal perception was that the said students were mocking the worker.

You can do, you can also report to Instagram
I'm unsure if you need consent in a public place
What would it achieve?

It's just the staff member looked timid and probably wasn't confident enough to say no, the picture really gives mean vibes

Surely if he is stood there with a group of students he has consented. A few of my colleagues have had their photos taken with uni students over the last couple of weeks. Its mainly the new international students doing their first supermarket shop.

Without any solid proof of misgivings I'd tread carefully (personally)

If there was clear evidence that they were being racist, homophobic, misogynistic or religiously intolerant in their posting, then maybe - those are all protected characteristics.

If they were possibly mildly talking the piss out of someone for working at Tesco, then that isn't a protected characteristic and there would be nothing a university can do to stop them. Distasteful perhaps but not a crime.

You don't require legal consent to take someone's photo in a public place as long as it isn't indecent and you don't require their consent put it on the internet as long as it isn't indecent.

If it is on private land, you technically need the landowners permission to take photos so they should have asked Tesco but that isn't the university's problem nor could they punish a student for taking a photo in Tesco.

Mojo put that really well, I was trying to say something similar, but couldn't get there without the word "twatty" when "distasteful " is the word I was looking for.

Far too many 'ifs, buts and maybes'.

They're hardly likely to trace the Tesco worker to see if your theory is true.

What on earth has it to do with the university?

Most smiles for photos are fake. We just smile for the photo. Doing a thumbs up with the smile isn't unusual either.

Thank you everyone for your input, I'll keep out of it. As pp said, disgraceful, but not a crime.

You've no idea if it's disgraceful or not op. You are literally offended because you have decided how people you dont appear to know felt about a photograph you've seen online that you were not involved with in any way.

Get off social media would be my advice tbh.

Nobody has said disgraceful. One PP said possibly distasteful if they were taking the piss, but you actually have no idea. That is the interpretation you have chosen to put on it.