Balancing Kindness and Privacy: Be My Eyes' CEO Speaks Out
From Double Tap by Double Tap Productions Inc.
April 22, 2026 · 57 min
About this episode
Mike Buckley discusses privacy concerns and volunteer guidelines for Be My Eyes with hosts Steven Scott and Shaun Preece.
Be My Eyes CEO Mike Buckley joins Steven Scott and Shaun Preece to address privacy concerns, social media misuse, and volunteer guidelines for the Be My Eyes platform, including the rare incidents of calls being shared online. [Sponsor] Entries are still open for the Double Tap competition in partnership with Pneuma Solutions, with a closing date of May 1st. Listeners have the chance to win subscriptions to powerful accessibility tools including Remote Incident Manager for accessible remote tech support and Scribe for creating screen reader-friendly documents quickly. To enter, send an email to feedback@doubletaponair.com, a WhatsApp message to (613) 481-0144, or call (877) 803-4567, making sure to include your name and contact details so the team can get in touch if you win. In this episode of Double Tap, Steven and Shaun speak with Mike Buckley about two major topics affecting the Be My Eyes community. First, they discuss the controversy around a small number of volunteers recording calls with blind users and posting them to TikTok, highlighting why this behaviour is dehumanising, violates Be My Eyes’ Terms of Service, and how the company is responding with takedowns…
People in this episode
Hosts: Steven Scott, Shaun Preece
Guest: Mike Buckley
Topics covered
- privacy concerns
- social media misuse
- volunteer guidelines
- Be My Eyes platform
- navigation use
- safety
- community issues
Keywords
- Be My Eyes
- privacy
- social media
- volunteers
- navigation
- safety
- TikTok
- marathon
- accessibility
Sponsors
Pneuma Solutions
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Be My Eyes, Double Tap
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