"In our world, instead of helping, people make videos of everything. I don't understand it"

bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56

@kravietz

>The video was then shared online and the 28-year-old was identified by Belarusian journalists.

Thats slightly unnerving though even though it might have been done with good intentions (given he didn't even give his name to the Polish journalists), can Belarus journalists normally just identify any random lad from a social media video? I can see why he chooses to remain in PL rather than BY (perhaps one of the protestors/activists and already the media are told to look out for him?)

@vfrmedia

I guess that was just regular crowdsourced OSINT - in such case there's a massive wave of proud shares on social media in the origin country and someone eventually recognizes the hero.

@kravietz that makes sense (as he's clearly done a good thing and not in any trouble more people might come forward).

I'm not sure if in UK these days bystanders would be expected to or even encouraged to attempt to shift a bus (in spite of any traffic jam) as bus company + insurers would be worried about liability (in any case many buses would have automatically notified control they are stuck somewhere due to GPS and telemetry) - but would be encouraged to make space for any rescue vehicle..

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@vfrmedia

> worried about liability

I know, but this "liability culture" is in my opinion gradually killing the remains of civil society in the UK.

A few years ago I was living near Micklands School which you surely know, and there's a part of road there that descends into a depression and climbs back into Hawthorne Road.

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