A nightclub in Belfast has removed videos from its social media pages following concern over their content.
Lux, on Dunbar Street in the city centre, had posted interviews with revellers in which they were asked questions and urged to share stories about their friends.
The videos were to promote a ‘Fat Wednesdays’ student night at the venue, but the club’s management has said they were being removed from social media after engagement with the event’s promoter, while the campaign would now be reviewed.
The club said the content “is supposed to be a bit of fun for students/customers and for the most part that’s what it is.
They added: “They are very popular with our customers as they enjoy being involved in these videos.”
A statement explained participants in the videos are asked follow-up consent questions by the interviewer, after having purchased tickets online with terms and conditions stating they agree to photography and videography of the event.
If participants do not give consent to the footage being shared on social media, the footage is deleted, the statement explained.
However, Belfast Green Party councillor Áine Groogan told BBC NI it was an “incredibly irresponsible campaign”, and said some involved were “clearly highly intoxicated”, which raised concerns over consent on content that could exist indefinitely online.
The management of Lux said security and bar staff are well trained and know when customers have consumed too much alcohol.
Tegan Nesbitt, who is involved in a number of campaigns affecting young women, also told the BBC the videos raise an important issue around libel and slander, as full names were often used.
Koulla Yiasouma, chief executive of non-profit organisation Parenting Focus, said she felt Lux had a “huge lapse of judgement” in this instance.