{"id":22367,"date":"2026-03-18T13:37:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/they-were-comparing-me-to-bonnie-blue-the-disturbing-rise-of-nightlife-content\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:37:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:37:54","slug":"they-were-comparing-me-to-bonnie-blue-the-disturbing-rise-of-nightlife-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/they-were-comparing-me-to-bonnie-blue-the-disturbing-rise-of-nightlife-content\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They were comparing me to Bonnie Blue\u2019: the disturbing rise of nightlife content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Footage of women walking between bars and clubs in UK city centres, often filmed covertly, is proliferating online \u2013 attracting thousands of views and profits for those who post them. Can anything be done to stop the creepshots?<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My friend just sent me this video, told me she\u2019d found me in it,\u201d read the text. \u201cAs I was looking for myself, I noticed you\u2019re in it too. I didn\u2019t know I was being filmed, guess you don\u2019t either, just wanted to let you know \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Nancy Naylor Hayes received the message in November 2023, she felt a twinge of fear. It was from an acquaintance she hadn\u2019t heard from in years. \u201cI was panicking,\u201d she says. The text pointed her to a Facebook link, which led to a montage of clips of women filmed on the streets of Manchester during nights out.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2026\/mar\/18\/disturbing-rise-of-nightlife-content-bonnie-blue\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/68e09a90b862eb5f9b3da8d01876c729dcdd1f62\/0_0_5000_4000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d8cd164b9df68035d975a3bfa8643e02\" title=\"\u2018They were comparing me to Bonnie Blue\u2019: the disturbing rise of nightlife content\" \/>Footage of women walking between bars and clubs in UK city centres, often filmed covertly, is proliferating online \u2013 attracting thousands of views and profits for those who post them. Can anything be done to stop the creepshots?<br \/>\n\u2018My friend just sent me this video, told me she\u2019d found me in it,\u201d read the text. \u201cAs I was looking for myself, I noticed you\u2019re in it too. I didn\u2019t know I was being filmed, guess you don\u2019t either, just wanted to let you know \u2026\u201d<br \/>\nWhen Nancy Naylor Hayes received the message in November 2023, she felt a twinge of fear. It was from an acquaintance she hadn\u2019t heard from in years. \u201cI was panicking,\u201d she says. The text pointed her to a Facebook link, which led to a montage of clips of women filmed on the streets of Manchester during nights out. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Footage of women walking between bars and clubs in UK city centres, often filmed covertly, is proliferating online \u2013 attracting thousands of views and profits for those who post them. Can anything be done to stop the creepshots? \u2018My friend just sent me this video, told me she\u2019d found me in it,\u201d read the text. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/they-were-comparing-me-to-bonnie-blue-the-disturbing-rise-of-nightlife-content\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018They were comparing me to Bonnie Blue\u2019: the disturbing rise of nightlife content<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22367"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}