> The ones filming aren't courteously approaching people to ask a question; they are provoking a reaction

And you're making this claims about all videos in this format or what? The "Man on the street" format isn't anything new. I don't think you have any evidence to state this as an absolute.

I'm sorry you had a bad experience with a video camera in public but you can be publicly humiliated and harassed without a camera too.

My disagreement is that there is no law requiring consent to film in public and there shouldn't be. We should clearly define what kind of behavior is considered harassment and create more avenues to reduce it but that is irrespective of recording. Something that was harassment without recording is still harassment with recording and vice-versa.