Event attendees' photos/videos published to social media without consent or opt-out

Summary

Event, workshop, and meetup organizers routinely document attendees and blast the resulting photos and videos onto social media and promotional reels, with no consent form and no way to opt out at signup. Privacy-conscious people are being forced to choose between participating in social life (running clubs, supper clubs, cake-decorating classes, professional workshops) and avoiding the risk of appearing in marketing content. Attendees describe being filmed in background panning shots or influencer-style reels without any say, and even digital marketers acknowledge it as a genuine privacy violation: 'signing up for something should not automatically = appear on social media for having attended it.' The absence of any practical tool for capturing granular consent and hosting a private, opt-in gallery means organizers default to public documentation and privacy-seekers simply stay home. This is a severe, largely unsolved gap that directly blocks participation and feeds the demand for private, consent-first event galleries.