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Quebec Social Media Influencer Charged for Simulating Crimes to Gain Attention

July 6, 2023
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Quebec police say they have arrested a social media influencer who allegedly committed fake crimes to gain popularity. Police in Gatineau, Que., near Ottawa, say Anthony Gagné, 27, simulated crimes to attract police attention. They say they launched an investigation in May after he allegedly drove a van with the words “free candy” printed on…

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Australian Financial Experts Welcome ASIC’s Warning to Unlicensed Financial Influencers

March 22, 2022
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Financial experts have welcomed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) warning to social media financial influencers for providing financial advice and services online without a license. ASIC stated that financial advice and services must be provided by licensees and that social media influencers, often called finfluencers, who provide financial product advice and financial services…

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Bringing Balance to Australia’s COVID-19 Story: The ‘Real Rukshan’ on Lockdown Protests

December 4, 2021
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For Rukshan Fernando, something simply didn’t add up—it didn’t make sense. News outlets portrayed the “government as doing great, the police are doing great, and that everything was great” in Victoria’s handling of the pandemic. But at the same time, protesters were portrayed as fringe elements of society, “extremists” and “anti-vaxxers.” “It didn’t gel with…

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Chinese Social Media Influencer Forced to Confess on TV

March 3, 2021
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A Chinese social media influencer with millions of followers was recently arrested by Chinese authorities for questioning the Chinese soldiers’ death toll in the Sino-India border conflict in 2020. He was forced to make a “confession” on China’s state-run national TV. On Mar. 1, the Nanjing Procuratorate announced on its official social media WeChat account…

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Sephora Cuts Ties With Pro-Trump Influencer Amanda Ensing

February 3, 2021
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Pro-Trump YouTube personality and beauty influencer Amanda Ensing has called on her followers to boycott Sephora after the beauty brand cut ties with her for not being “aligned” wit its “values around inclusivity.” “#BoycottSephora for saying conservatives, like myself, don’t align with @Sephora ‘values around inclusivity,’” Amanda Ensing, a Christian woman of Puerto Rican descent with 1.4 million…

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South Korean Social Media Influencer Dropped by Chinese Media Agency for ‘Insulting China’

January 21, 2021
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A South Korean social media influencer recently came under fire for endorsing messages that Chinese netizens perceived as insulting to China mostly due to a mistranslation and was ultimately dropped from her Chinese management agency. Hamzy, a South Korean internet content creator who hosts mukbang, also known as an eating show where people stream themselves…

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Missing Texas Social Media Influencer Died From Strangulation: Autopsy

January 20, 2021
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The missing Texas-based social media influencer whose nude body was recovered in bushes on the side of a Houston road in November died from strangulation.