{"id":6351,"date":"2022-07-15T08:37:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T06:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/15\/gifts-for-strangers-the-ethically-ambiguous-tiktok-trend-using-unknowing-people-as-fodder-for-content\/"},"modified":"2022-07-15T08:37:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T06:37:20","slug":"gifts-for-strangers-the-ethically-ambiguous-tiktok-trend-using-unknowing-people-as-fodder-for-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/15\/gifts-for-strangers-the-ethically-ambiguous-tiktok-trend-using-unknowing-people-as-fodder-for-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifts for strangers: the \u2018ethically ambiguous\u2019 TikTok trend using unknowing people as fodder for content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In viral videos, content creators film themselves surprising strangers with toys, food and wads of cash \u2013 whether they like it or not<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2018\/may\/15\/the-guardian-app?CMP=cvau_sfl\">free news app<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/guardian-australia-morning-mail\/2014\/jun\/24\/-sp-guardian-australias-morning-mail-subscribe-by-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning email briefing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Picture the scene. You\u2019re sitting alone, enjoying a coffee. Maybe you\u2019ve got a podcast on. Maybe you\u2019re on the phone to your mum. Enter a random person clutching a bunch of flowers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould you be able to hold this?\u201d they ask, before gliding away, content in the knowledge they\u2019ve just made your day (probably).<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/jul\/15\/gifts-for-strangers-the-ethically-ambiguous-tiktok-trend-using-unknowing-people-as-fodder-for-content\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6ee94d3419d9b29b9d62b415fd42c5b833854844\/0_73_3500_2101\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c646ce7138d5588bd9560516a53437f3\" title=\"Gifts for strangers: the \u2018ethically ambiguous\u2019 TikTok trend using unknowing people as fodder for content\" \/>In viral videos, content creators film themselves surprising strangers with toys, food and wads of cash \u2013 whether they like it or not<br \/>\nGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>Picture the scene. You\u2019re sitting alone, enjoying a coffee. Maybe you\u2019ve got a podcast on. Maybe you\u2019re on the phone to your mum. Enter a random person clutching a bunch of flowers.<br \/>\n\u201cWould you be able to hold this?\u201d they ask, before gliding away, content in the knowledge they\u2019ve just made your day (probably). Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In viral videos, content creators film themselves surprising strangers with toys, food and wads of cash \u2013 whether they like it or not Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast Picture the scene. You\u2019re sitting alone, enjoying a coffee. Maybe you\u2019ve got a podcast on. Maybe you\u2019re on the phone &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/15\/gifts-for-strangers-the-ethically-ambiguous-tiktok-trend-using-unknowing-people-as-fodder-for-content\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gifts for strangers: the \u2018ethically ambiguous\u2019 TikTok trend using unknowing people as fodder for content<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6352,"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\/6351"}],"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=6351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}