The Surveillance State of Romance A recent TikTok video of two people kissing in Central Park has sparked a frenzy of public shaming.
Commentators and media outlets have weighed in on the "makeout police" phenomenon, but beneath this surface lies a more insidious trend: the erosion of our capacity for intimacy and imperfection under social media scrutiny.
This is not simply a matter of personal preference or social media etiquette.