Hacker News with Generative AI: Influencers

Mr. Beast Offers to Buy Tik Tok (twitter.com)

Social Media, Business, Influencers

4 points by efitz 2 days ago | 6 comments

Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam [video] (youtube.com)

Social Media, Influencers, Marketing, Scams, Video

253 points by jadyoyster 27 days ago | 86 comments

Andrew Tate's online university hacked – Chat logs, data on 800k users leaked (dailydot.com)
An online course founded by far-right influencer Andrew Tate was breached by hackers, revealing the email addresses of roughly 325,000 users.

Cybersecurity, Hacking, Online Education, Data Breaches, Influencers

58 points by _fw 57 days ago | 44 comments

MrBeast did not pay for 1k eye surgeries (youtube.com)

YouTube, Social Media, Misinformation, Influencers

12 points by usaphp 79 days ago | 2 comments

MrBeast's Faux Philanthropy (unherd.com)
Jimmy Donaldson dropped out of a community college near his home in North Carolina at the age of 18 to crack one of the mysteries of modern life: what makes a video become a viral sensation on social media?

Social Media, Influencers, Business, Philanthropy

108 points by elsewhen 84 days ago | 88 comments

U.S. says Russia funded media company that paid right-wing influencers millions (cbsnews.com)

Russia, Politics, Media, Influencers, United States

13 points by doener 135 days ago | 5 comments

Google threatened tech influencers unless they 'preferred' the Pixel (theverge.com)

Google, Technology, Influencers, Business Practices

55 points by luu 154 days ago | 19 comments

India wants to make influencers register with the government (restofworld.org)

India, Government Regulation, Social Media, Influencers

11 points by Brajeshwar 159 days ago | 0 comments

A scathing critique of 'brand safe' influencers [video] (youtube.com)

Influencers, Marketing, Advertising, Social Media

19 points by jasonsb 204 days ago | 1 comments

Social-Media Influencers Aren't Getting Rich–They're Barely Getting By (wsj.com)