On May 18, Trigg Kiser, the three-year-old son of mega popular mom influencer Emilie Kiser died following a drowning incident at the family’s Chandler, Arizona home. Nearly two months after the toddler’s death, the Chandler Police are recommending a class 4 felony charge of child abuse against the boy’s father, …
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If elections were decided by the internet’s views on sex appeal, New York Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani would already be living in Gracie Mansion. As it is, the state assemblyman still has to face a crowded Democratic primary that will be decided by rank choice voting. But online, some …
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Bo Loudon, a Trump-supporting Gen Z influencer, has taken credit for TikTok star Khaby Lame‘s detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE on June 6. That day, Loudon, 18, who has called Donald Trump’s son Barron his “best friend,” began a series of posts on X claiming he …
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The raw meat and ‘roided up empire of the Liver King is getting the documentary treatment, with a new trailer for Untold: The Liver King, premiering today on Rolling Stone. For those whose memories of the long-ago days of 2022 might be fuzzy, “Liver King” was the moniker of Brian …
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A new Netflix docuseries investigates allegations of child exploitation against the momager Piper Rockelle, a child influencer who rose to prominence around 2017. The three-part series, Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing, will premiere on the platform on April 9. The trailer shows Rockelle’s origins as a fun-loving, free-spirited …
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It’s Sunday night and Lance Johnston, a 23-year-old content creator, is smiling and posing in front of a giant TikTok logo. Johnston was one of the first political content creators on the app in its early days, and amassed a six-figure following in 2020 by posting conservative commentary. After his …
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In the spring of 2022, Chloe Joy Sexton’s mother died after a years-long battle with brain cancer. The loss came during what was already a trying period in Sexton’s life. She’d recently given birth herself, and had been fired from her job after getting pregnant. Now, at 27 years old, …
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A revolutionary new piece of state legislation protecting child influencers is now in effect in Illinois, ensuring that children under the age of 16 will be compensated for appearing in their parents’ social media content. On July 1, the state of Illinois officially enacted an amendment to its existing Child …
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This article was developed with the support ofJournalismfund Europe. On a cold morning in late February, farmer Gareth Wyn Jones was standing with a few dozen other protesters outside the annual conference for the Conservative Party in Wales. Inside the venue, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was giving a speech …
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“If you ain’t got no money, take yo’ broke ass home!” If the lyrics of Fergie’s chart-topping hit “Glamorous” as a fitting soundtrack don’t clue you into the aesthetics of makeup brand Tarte’s recent influencer trip, the countless videos flooding TikTok for-you-pages certainly will. Last week, Tarte sent a group …
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