‘It’s not a public service, it’s toxic’: welcome to the world of gossip surveillance
by Alessandra Schade in New York from Technology | The Guardian on (#6GJT0)
TikTokers are sharing strangers' conversations, hoping to expose gossipers to the very people they're talking about. Is the humiliation worth it?
Marissa Meizz was out to dinner with a friend when her phone started vibrating. It was an unusually frenzied buzz, unresponsive to the silence button - a flood of texts from friends, acquaintances and even an offline" aunt all linking to a TikTok video titled Send this to Marissa in NYC".
She froze. Then she started watching.
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