Michael Barrymore TikTok videos prompt concern over filming on smart glasses
A shop worker tells the BBC he unexpectedly appeared in a video Barrymore uploaded on social media.
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"They could be filming someone who has escaped an abusive relationship or violent past and they don't want anybody to know where they are."
— Jayne Allport , Activist
"One of the customers comes in and she says, 'I've seen you on a video'."
— Jayne Allport , Activist
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A shop worker tells the BBC he unexpectedly appeared in a video Barrymore uploaded on social media.
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