@404.media: The CEO seemingly having an affair with the head of HR at his company at the Coldplay concert is a viral video for the ages, but it is also, unfortunately, emblematic of our current private surveillance and social media hellscape. The video, which is now viral on every platform that we can possibly think of, has been covered by various news outlets, and is Pop Crave official, shows Andy Byron, the CEO of a company called Astronomer, with his arms around Astronomer’s head of HR, Kristen Cabot. The jumbotron cuts from one fan to this seemingly happy couple. They both simultaneously die inside; “Oh look at this happy couple,” Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin says. The woman covers her face and spins away. The man ducks out of frame. “Either they’re having an affair or they’re very shy,” Martin said. The camera pans to another company executive standing next to them, who is seemingly shaking out of discomfort. #ai #astronomer #privacy #coldplay #tech #news
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Thursday 17 July 2025 21:06:33 GMT
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UnusualCards :
While growing surveillance by the state is horrifying, I’d argue that public behavior surveillance by social media tends to target those who usually get away with their crimes and who are traditionally insulated from their bad actions by their social status. This is also why ice agents are now covering their faces. I would argue that until the state takes full control of social media, this reverse surveillance looking upwards functions as a form of democratic social leverage.
2025-07-17 21:26:40
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Hey_Tonay :
Wait. So THEIR affair is social media’s fault?
2025-07-17 23:05:52
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Jordan Kay :
This isn’t the take
2025-07-18 13:19:22
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Mango Habanero :
This isn’t a great encapsulation of the hellscape because they were out in public doing something dishonest. If the panopticon hadn’t gotten them, a friend or something would have. Your points about the dystopian eye are all valid tho
2025-07-17 22:39:41
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Desert Vibes 🌵 :
Great Post!
2025-07-18 06:11:09
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Coldplay ❌ cold play 🤩 💰💰💸💸💵💵💶💷💴🤑
2025-07-18 01:13:27
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Leonie Jane Noni Balonie 🇦🇺 :
If they had just smiled and waved at the camera it wouldn't have gone any further than the concert. Not sure if that's irony. Their behaviour is what outed them.
2025-07-18 03:28:25
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🐐 :
Im often in awe of the time i ended up being born into. Ts is way different than we have experienced as humans and we’re the ones to see the before and after. Crazy
2025-07-17 21:26:01
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Electra_Telesford on IG and YT :
i had no idea thats how ppl were finding them
2025-07-17 22:41:28
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Jason Shellen :
Privacy is an illusion. In your own home you should have a reasonable expectation of privacy but not in public. The doxxing however is quite awful.
2025-07-18 07:23:26
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angelicatalan :
Like out of ALL the people at the concert, what are the odds they got seen and caught? Crazy!
2025-07-18 01:08:03
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Tom Zale :
Well said *wears Meta Ray Bans 24/7 to fight back*
2025-07-17 21:51:26
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blueyedcole :
it's so very true. it does show our social nature at core in a very dystopian way. but the question is. what do we do now? how do we want to choose to move forward?
2025-07-17 22:40:41
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Emma the Dramaturg :
This is a frightening reality!!!!
2025-07-17 21:12:11
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ADVICE :
Fax
2025-07-17 21:42:51
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armk :
Yeah it’s funny when it’s someone getting caught cheating but we’d all be better off if this weren’t possible
2025-07-17 21:54:17
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Tammy Bender :
The embarrassment is their fault lol
2025-07-17 22:45:17
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Curious Confucius :
???
2025-07-18 06:55:50
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Soliz//Design 🏴☠️☠️🖖 :
And if you go on Reddit r/painting, someone has already painted the Coldplay concert.
2025-07-17 21:57:54
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SquashuaTV :
Interesting… now you care about privacy and surveillance because it’s happening to a CEO of a tech corporation. It almost seems like you are covering this because it’s tech news, and as if you are part of the tech journalism ecosystem. Feels a little disengenuous now that this is the event that you have finally decided to take a stand
2025-07-18 14:41:01
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carlito 🐸 :
im tired of this take. its a good thing this scumbag got exposed.
2025-07-18 11:11:00
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