Some UK bouncers are reported to be demanding that club revellers
hand over their smartphones so they can check Facebook accounts,BBC Report.
One
victim, Charlotte Neal, 20, claimed that she was asked for her phone by
bouncers when she showed her driving license. The bouncers just
confirmed that her Facebook ID and photo matched her driving licence
details then let her through.
“When it happened the first time I
didn’t really think anything of it. Then I thought, ‘Hang on, is this
really how you’re supposed to check how old I am?’ But I was out and I
wanted to get in the club so I just agreed,” Charlotte said.
Other BBC News beat program listeners also wrote on Facebook and said
it had happened to them. Some listeners like Nick Pickles of Big Brother
Watch, said he was against the idea of checking Facebook accounts.
“Not
only is it ridiculous from a security point of view, it’s an affront to
the basic rights of people to be able to live their lives in private,”
Nick said.
“If the problem is that people haven’t got good enough
quality IDs, then let’s make sure they do have good enough quality
IDs. ”This shouldn’t be an excuse for nightclubs to snoop and pry into
people’s private lives,” he added
Some bouncers contacted News beat
to defend the idea of checking Facebook profiles arguing that the
consequences of letting someone in who’s underage are serious, with the
potential for a large fine.
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