Whether they’re trending or getting canceled, influencers drive the discourse every scroll of the way.
‘At least she’s minding her business’: ‘Influencer’ roasted for taking selfie with hot dog at Super Bowl game, sparking debate
‘Going to the Super Bowl to spend 10 minutes taking a selfie with a hot dog.’
On Feb 15, 2022 by Clara Wang
‘What’s wrong with my clothing?’: Locals talk about ‘foreigner’s’ clothing in China—but he speaks fluent Mandarin
‘I can’t believe he speaks Mandarin.’
On Feb 3, 2022 by Laiken Neumann
‘Very thankful that my booty was not his focus’: Gym TikToker thanks man for not staring at her butt while she does squats, sparking debate
She filmed the stranger looking at the ground.
On Jan 10, 2022 by Tricia Crimmins
‘We snuck the box into our apartment’: TikToker scores over $1,000 worth of products from influencer neighbor’s trash
‘All these beauty companies talking about sustainability—yet we don’t talk about PR gifts and trash.’
On Jan 8, 2022 by Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz
‘She’s definitely being exploited’: Teen influencer leaves TikTok after viewers accuse her mom of sexualizing minors
Jenny Popach had almost 6 million followers.
On Jan 7, 2022 by Tricia Crimmins
How a cryptocurrency fortune crippled a deceased billionaire’s estate
What happens when all a corpse’s money is in his cold wallet?
On Dec 23, 2021 by Grace Ferguson
The real-life stakes of faking your death online
Why a TikToker faked her death on Fanfiction.net 11 years ago.
On Dec 23, 2021 by Liza Bautista
‘TikTok only enforces the rules if you’re fat’: Plus-size influencer says TikTok suppressed her ‘get ready with me’ video
‘The heavier I was the more frequently it happened.’
On Dec 21, 2021 by Tricia Crimmins
‘Different places make the food’: Red Robin worker reveals their restaurant makes MrBeast Burger orders in viral TikTok
‘It’s a phantom restaurant, it’s any place that’ll make it.’
On Dec 18, 2021 by Brooke Sjoberg
Michaela Okland built an empire on men’s cringey messages
‘Interact with people who support you when you can, have fun with the people who get mad at you, and let your content grow as you do.’
On Dec 9, 2021 by Chika Ekemezie
Influencer calls ‘Wife Swap’ ‘the worst mistake’ of her life in viral TikTok (updated)
‘They used the psych eval to find my pain and then exploited it for television.’
On Nov 30, 2021 by Rachel Kiley
‘Can we normalize parents loving their kids’: TikToker’s commentary on mother and son’s videos sparks debate
Most viewers think it’s just motherly love.
On Nov 17, 2021 by Tricia Crimmins
‘Every single thing doesn’t need to be exploited for views’: Influencer criticized for filming her husband crying
‘Told my husband to go outside to take a deep breath, and I caught him crying.’
On Nov 15, 2021 by Kahron Spearman
‘Treating local politics as a joke’: Influencer receives backlash for claiming she’s running for local office in viral TikTok
‘Ah yes, treating elections that change peoples lives like a joke for content.’
On Nov 4, 2021 by Moises Mendez II
‘People really wanna be us’: Chinese influencer puts on blackface makeup in viral video
She called herself ‘Wakanda queen.’
On Nov 1, 2021 by Tricia Crimmins
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