{"id":667407,"date":"2026-10-28T02:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T02:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/667407\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T02:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T02:42:11","slug":"instagram-removes-account-of-cork-based-influencer-rendy-vlad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/667407\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram removes account of Cork-based influencer &#8216;Rendy Vlad&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram has removed the account of a Cork-based <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/business\/technology\/arid-41885335.html\">social media personality<\/a> who films content using camera-equipped smart glasses, citing repeated violations of its bullying and harassment policies.<\/p>\n<p>Meta, Instagram&#8217;s parent company, confirmed to the  Irish Examiner\u00a0today that it had removed the account of &#8216;Rendy Vlad&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The account is run by Ukrainian-born Vladyslav Morhulets, a 21-year-old who has amassed a substantial social media following, including more than 1.1m followers on TikTok and almost 12,000 followers on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The former MTU student frequently films interviews and videos that he calls &#8220;pranks&#8221; across Cork and elsewhere in Ireland, with many of those featured in his content unaware that they are being filmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Data Protection Commission has previously expressed concern about the misuse of smart glasses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A spokesperson for Meta said: \u201cWe don&#8217;t tolerate harassing content, however it was captured, and have removed the account @rendy_vlad for repeatedly violating our bullying and harassment policies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;The vast majority of people use our AI glasses because they\u2019re helpful in everyday moments like listening to music, getting live translation while travelling, or making a call hands-free.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;The glasses are &#8216;designed to be noticed&#8217;,&#8221; the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Every pair with a camera has a bright light on the front that flashes when you take a photo or video you can share with others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">They added: &#8220;If the glasses detect that the capture LED light was covered, physically tampered with, or destroyed, they&#8217;ll automatically disable the camera.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Instagram has removed the account of a Cork-based social media personality who films content using camera-equipped smart glasses,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[79,61,60,43,58],"class_list":["post-667407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-cork-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}