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by a-priori 4415 days ago
It's also much easier for a person to become "Internet famous" overnight and without their consent if they, for example, post a video and it goes viral.
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If you post a video then by definition that's with your consent, if the video is of someone else then that's a potential problem.

Most virals are fabricated though, which is a pity because 'viral' used to be a mark of excellence. Now it just stand for 'was marketed with enough initial push to overcome the activation energy'.