sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agoExtortion Using Smart Glasses Is a Thing Nowgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1135
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minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·7 hours agoI think they must be pushing back on the term “extortion” in the title, when it’s really “harassment“. I don’t think they implied that it’s fine, just that the title was not representative of the actual story.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoIt’s extortion because he was refusing to take the video down unless she paid.
minus-squaresaimen@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 hours agoYes, the original bbc article this one is referring to is much less clickbaity: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy87wqz0q9o
I think they must be pushing back on the term “extortion” in the title, when it’s really “harassment“. I don’t think they implied that it’s fine, just that the title was not representative of the actual story.
It’s extortion because he was refusing to take the video down unless she paid.
Yes, the original bbc article this one is referring to is much less clickbaity:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy87wqz0q9o
This is a much better article.