For the second time in two weeks, a young Latin American influencer has been shot to death. Just last week, 23-year-old Mexican influencer Valeria Marquez was killed during a livestream at her salon in Jalisco, Mexico. Not long afterward, 22-year-old Colombian model Maria Jose Estupiñan was gunned down after opening the door for an assassin […]
American Youtuber Faces Jail Time After Attempting to Contact World’s Most Isolated Tribe
Yet another U.S. social media influencer has done something dumb—and incredibly disrespectful—abroad. In March, a YouTuber named Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, who posts under the name Neo-Orientalist, attempted to illegally interact with a protected group of indigenous people called the Sentinelese, according to a statement by Survival International, an organization that advocates for the rights of […]
A Populist Influencer Is Running for Congress, and She Actually Understands YouTube
Journalist and influencer Kat Abughazaleh announced she’s running for Congress in a YouTube video. In a video that looked more like a livestream than an announcement of a bid for office, Abughazaleh promised to run a transparent campaign, fight for affordable groceries, and stand up to authoritarians. Abughazaleh is running in Illinois’ 9th district, which […]