Handling public harassment by content creators
💚 healthsocial problemSingle report ●●●●●
A person is concerned about how to safely and effectively respond to 'pranksters' who harass individuals in public for social media content, noting that standard de-escalation techniques often fail because the harassers intentionally seek to escalate the situation.
What people do today
- Walking away
- Ignoring the individual
- Attempting to de-escalate
🔧 Fix this
Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:
- A mobile app that provides real-time, step-by-step de-escalation scripts and safety protocols for people being harassed in public.
- A community-led reporting platform that maps areas with high frequencies of 'prank' harassment to help people avoid known hotspots.
- A policy proposal for social media platforms to implement mandatory 'harassment-free' content verification and immediate demonetization for videos featuring non-consensual public interactions.
Real voices
“Harassment pranksters create content that solely involves harassing people. They make people visibly uncomfortable and, in some cases, creating potentially unsafe situations.”
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