Call Glenn

We used the real story of Glenn to show the public what the effects can be of sharing an image without the consent of the person involved. At the same time, we organized a petition to exert political pressure. Child Focus had four requests to help improve the online safety of children.

We reactivated the same phone Glenn once used to make that one picture that destroyed his life. But this time, to protect others, people were invited to call Glenn’s old number and sign an audio petition for better online protection of minors. By doing so, we combined the urgency and necessity for a better legal framework with the possibility to do something about it.

When we found that Orange™ was Glenn’s provider, we set out to find the official voice used in their voicemail messages, a familiar sound to Belgians. When recreating Glenn's voicemail, we used the standard setup, which is similar for any operator. First people heard Glenn say his own name, then we re-recorded the message with the Orange™ voice in the same tonality as any voicemail message. Instead of saying Glenn isn’t available now, she said he’s no longer available, before explaining what happened to him.