Harassment by online influencers requires legal change

Ordinary people in Cork have been subjected to humiliation and degradation by an influencer using Meta's glasses - this needs urgent attention from policymakers, writes James O’Sullivan

Willow Esteve was filmed at her workplace, where the influencer attempted to make her accept a soiled banknote.

Last month, a young woman in Cork City was placed into an ambulance while a stranger recorded her without consent. 

The stranger was Vladyslav Morhulets, who films what he calls ‘point-of-view pranks’ using Meta’s Ray-Ban camera glasses, and who at last count claimed an audience of more than a million followers on TikTok.