Are Influencers Too Normalized To Be Mocked?

Kate Lindsay and Candice Lim recap their weekends which include
Waymo cars and accidentally bumping into content creators, which
brings them to the recent kerfuffle between Glacier Express and
Influencers in the Wild. Earlier this month, Influencers in the
Wild — an Instagram account that crowdsources and posts footage of
content creators in public spaces — was asked to remove a video
that featured one of Glacier Express’ employees being filmed and
posted without their consent. The train company cited Article 28 of
the Swiss Civil code, which dictates that individuals have the
right to their own image. But this incident begs the question: do
accounts like Influencers in the Wild contribute to a troubling
self-surveillance culture, and what rights do any of us have if we
accidentally end up in someone’s vlog or Instagram post? This
podcast is produced by Olivia Briley, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim,
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