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Influencers
September 9, 2024
Paige Oamek
How a Secret Right-Wing Network Spread Sexual Smears About Harris
A new report reveals that a secretive influencer network is spreading some of the worst attacks on Kamala Harris.
September 6, 2024
Paige Oamek
Unsealed FBI Doc Exposes Terrifying Depth of Russian Disinfo Scheme
New court documents reveal that Russia is keeping a very, very long list of influencers to spread its propaganda.
August 28, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
The Weird Fake Influencers Being Used to Support Trump
Multiple pro–Donald Trump accounts are using photos lifted from the profiles of European influencers.
August 9, 2024
Ross Rosenfeld
Trump Is Going All in on Weird, Lonely Young Dudes Who Hate Women
His interview with influencer Adin Ross earlier this week is part of a broader effort to answer Kamala Harris’s nomination with an unabashed courtship of too-online misogynists.
August 29, 2023
Josh Gabert-Doyon
The Real Estate Hustle-Culture Con That’s Exploiting Investors and Wrecking the Housing Market
A lawsuit filed against “influencer” Grant Cardone offers an inside look at a get-rich-quick scheme that could help enable the next housing market crash.
March 21, 2023
Grace Segers
Fear the Wrath of the TikTok Voter
As lawmakers in Washington ponder banning the app, they could be courting a substantial backlash from a key voting bloc—and one party could suffer the brunt of it.
August 3, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Can Olivia Rodrigo and TikTok Save Us From the Delta Variant?
The White House is putting money into pro-vaccine influencer campaigns while dropping the ball on essential efforts to save Americans from eviction and poverty.
July 1, 2020
Jo Livingstone
A Satire That Demolishes the Influencer Industry
Leigh Stein’s novel “Self Care” drowns wellness Instagrammers in their own moon juice.
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