Hacker News with Generative AI: Influencers

Gen Z on why they stopped trusting experts in favor of influencers on TikTok (fortune.com)
Gen Z teens tell us why they stopped trusting experts in favor of influencers on TikTok

Gen Z, Social Media, Trust, Influencers, TikTok

8 points by speckx 7 days ago | 2 comments

Andrew Tate and brother leave Romania for US after travel ban lifted (theguardian.com)
The self-styled “misogynist influencer” Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, have left Romania on a private jet and are flying to the US after their travel ban was lifted, officials and local media have said.

Andrew Tate, Romania, Travel Ban, Influencers

67 points by rob74 34 days ago | 64 comments

Top London restaurants adopt minimum spend to deter bots and influencers (ft.com)

Restaurants, London, Influencers, Business, Technology

14 points by mmarian 40 days ago | 5 comments

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

Social Media, Business, Influencers

4 points by efitz 76 days ago | 6 comments

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

Social Media, Influencers, Marketing, Scams, Video

253 points by jadyoyster 101 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 131 days ago | 44 comments

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

YouTube, Social Media, Misinformation, Influencers

12 points by usaphp 153 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 158 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 209 days ago | 5 comments

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

Google, Technology, Influencers, Business Practices

55 points by luu 228 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 233 days ago | 0 comments

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

Influencers, Marketing, Advertising, Social Media

19 points by jasonsb 278 days ago | 1 comments

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