<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The IT company CEO captured in a widely circulated video showing him embracing an employee at a Coldplay concert has resigned.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Andy Byron resigned from his job as CEO of Cincinnati-based Astronomer Inc, according to a </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7352406400280514560/" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><span>statement posted on LinkedIn</span></a><span> by the company Saturday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met," the company said in its post on LinkedIn.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-professor-killed-in-athens-suspect-claims-he-did-it-all-for-victims-exwife-leaked-police-confession-reveals/d22de56f-142e-4e49-9d94-d035eb0f0630" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>US professor killed in Athens: Suspect claims he 'did it all for' victim's ex-wife</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The move comes a day after the company said that Byron had been placed on leave and the board of directors had launched a formal investigation into the jumbotron incident, which went viral. A company spokesman later confirmed in a statement to AP that it was Byron and Astronomer chief people officer Kristin Cabot in the video.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The short video clip shows Byron and Cabot as captured on the jumbotron at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, during a Coldplay concert on Wednesday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lead singer Chris Martin asked the cameras to scan the crowd for his "Jumbotron Song," when he sings a few lines about the people the camera lands on.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/andy-byron-tech-company-ceo-caught-coldplay-kiss-cam-resigns/86aae5bb-57fa-4d3b-8306-8949c9f6036a" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/indonesian-passenger-ferry-catches-fire-at-sea-killing-at-least-5/27582289-99a1-4333-8136-8305160ac344" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>At least five dead, including pregnant woman, after ferry fire tragedy</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Either they're having an affair or they're just very shy," he joked.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Internet sleuths identified the man as the chief executive officer of a US-based company and the woman as its chief people officer.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Pete DeJoy, Astronomer's cofounder and chief product officer, has been tapped as interim CEO while the company conducts a search for Byron's successor.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Most concert venues warn attendees that they can be filmed</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's easy to miss, but most concert venues have signs informing the audience that they could be filmed during the event. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Look for them on the walls when you arrive and around the bar areas or toilets. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's common practice especially when bands like to use performances for music videos or concert films.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The venue in this case, Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, also has a privacy policy online which states: "When you visit our location or attend or participate in an event at our location, we may capture your image, voice and/or likeness, including through the use of CCTV cameras and/or when we film or photograph you in a public location."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/federal-politics-parliament-returns-childcare-reforms-alleged-abuse/31d770b3-2124-4cc3-b8dd-b610c6ab772f" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Urgent childcare reforms among priorities as parliament returns</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Once captured, a moment can be shared widely</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They probably would have got away with it if they hadn't reacted," said Alison Taylor, a clinical associate professor at New York University's Stern School of Business. And by the time the alleged identities emerged on social media, it hit a classic nerve around "leaders acting like the rules don't apply to them," she added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Still, Taylor and others stress how quickly such a video can lead to an internet search to find the people involved – and note that it's important to remember that such "doxing" isn't just reserved for famous people. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Beyond someone simply spotting a familiar face and spreading the word, technological advances, such as the rising adoption of artificial intelligence, have made it easier and faster overall to find just about anyone in a viral video today.</span></div></div><div class="styles__Wrapper-sc-2o34ro-0 cmwkBV"><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><a href="/content/2025/07/21/05/27/today-in-history-july-21-what-happened-on-this-day-in-pictures"><img alt="" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 636px, (min-width: 768px) 396px, 100vw" src="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/m5VhZ2CC0PkE9wAju6nlHvrJwFI=/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F666d229c-595b-4083-9bda-047d836b830f" srcset="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/m5VhZ2CC0PkE9wAju6nlHvrJwFI=/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F666d229c-595b-4083-9bda-047d836b830f 396w, https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/j9JPJRiMtn1ZzzUUjMt_kob70L4=/636x358/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F666d229c-595b-4083-9bda-047d836b830f 636w"/></a></div><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><div class="styles__Headline-sc-2o34ro-4 hpbOlz">'Hello Neil and Buzz': Richard Nixon telephones the moon</div><div class="styles__Button-sc-2o34ro-1 eBjlmW"><a class="styles__ButtonLink-sc-2o34ro-2 hqpklJ" href="/content/2025/07/21/05/27/today-in-history-july-21-what-happened-on-this-day-in-pictures">View Gallery</a></div></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's a little bit unsettling how easily we can be identified with biometrics, how our faces are online, how social media can track us – and how the internet has gone from being a place of interaction, to a gigantic surveillance system," said Mary Angela Bock, an associate professor in the University of Texas at Austin's School of Journalism and Media. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"When you think about it, we are being surveilled by our social media. 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