#Philippines #crime #livestreaming #influencers
"Following the recent incident involving Russian-American content creator Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, who staged disruptive pranks in Bonifacio Global City (BGC), the Bureau of Immigration (BI) has issued a reminder to foreign content creators planning to visit the Philippines."
Mashable: Meet the creators who bait scammers for fun and profit . “With online scams growing fast — the FTC says reported scams cost people in the U.S. more than $12.5 billion in 2024, which was a 25% increase on the 2023 figure — it shouldn’t be a surprise that opposing them should be big business too. Indeed, this new form of entertainment is enough of a rising tide to lift all boats.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/09/mashable-meet-the-creators-who-bait-scammers-for-fun-and-profit/
#scams #fraud #OnlineSafety #influencers
"With online scams growing fast — the FTC says reported scams cost people in the U.S. more than $12.5 billion in 2024, which was a 25% increase on the 2023 figure — it shouldn't be a surprise that opposing them should be big business too. Indeed, this new form of entertainment is enough of a rising tide to lift all boats."
BBC: Influencers ‘new’ threat to uncontacted tribes, warns group after US tourist arrest. “Social media influencers pose a ‘new and increasing threat’ for uncontacted indigenous people, a charity has warned after the arrest of a US tourist who travelled to a restricted Indian Ocean island. Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, allegedly landed on North Sentinel Island in an apparent attempt to […]
Idiot! What a fool. Wannabe #YouTube #Influencers are in many cases the WORST. YouTuber arrested for approaching uncontacted tribe in India…The 'danger tourist' tried to leave coconuts and a Coke. #Travel #TravelBlog
https://www.popsci.com/environment/sentinelese-youtuber-arrest/.
Idiot! What a fool. Wannabe #YouTube #Influencers are in many cases the WORST. YouTuber arrested for approaching uncontacted tribe in India…The 'danger tourist' tried to leave coconuts and a Coke. #Travel #TravelBlog
https://www.popsci.com/environment/sentinelese-youtuber-arrest/.
Ελληνίδες #influencers = βίζιτες...
Μην το κουράζουμε...
The #influencers who want the world to have more #babies - and say the #WhiteHouse is on their side
Alleen maar voor een plaatje. Zo zijn Amerikanen een complete twarth of an idiot. #influencers
Caroline Pearce, directeur van Survival International, dat opkomt voor de rechten van inheemse volken."Het tart iedere verbeelding dat iemand zo roekeloos en idioot kan zijn. De acties van deze persoon brachten niet alleen zijn eigen leven in gevaar, maar ook de levens van de hele Sentinelese stam."
Amerikaanse youtuber gearresteerd die primitieve stam in India wilde bereiken https://nos.nl/l/2562306
US tourist arrested after visit to restricted North Sentinel island
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g4zl225g8o
A Severe Case of ‘Audience Capture’
Dr. Drew shaped America’s views on sex and addiction. Now he’s raising eyebrows
There’s now a term for content creators continuously giving their followers more of what they want, resulting in more follower engagement: audience capture.
“It’s the idea that influencers become radicalized by their audience,” says Jonathan E. Howard, MD, a New York City–based neurologist and psychologist: “They see what sort of thing earns them clicks, likes, reshares, and customers, and, consciously or not, they begin to produce more of it.”
#audiencecapture #influencers
https://apple.news/ACW2Tge4QQg6YNw8HnThUlA
Communities grapple with overtourism as social media fuels popularity
By Olivia Sanders and Steve Martin
Local communities say they need help managing overtourism as mass visitation creates issues for wildlife, raises evacuation concerns, and poses safety risks.
Day five: Multi-cultural bullshit
“Chinese language #influencers who mostly post lifestyle content are interviewing election candidates on the social media app #Rednote, allowing politicians to bypass an apparent “shadow ban” on #campaigning by the app and reach a disengaged but vital audience.
The interviews with influencers who usually post about food, real estate and shopping have been published on a platform that is not actively monitored by the Australian Electoral Commission due to Rednote’s scale and the commission’s resources.
#ScottYung, the #Liberal candidate for the ultra-marginal Sydney seat of #Bennelong, where almost one-third of residents have #Chinese ancestry, has featured in multiple interviews shared by #Mandarin speaking influencers on Rednote in recent weeks.”
I note Scotty (another Scotty) highlighted himself due to State campaigning irregularities in 2019. Johhny (War crimes) Howard is all over the #Bennelong campaign. Howard, one step away from #CCP influence campaign. Handy Andy Hastings will be in fits.
This isn’t a “Chinese thing”, this is a “Politics thing” where a multicultural background is weaponised for candidates against the rest of Australian #voters.
#Spruiking / #campaigning <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/02/candidates-using-influencers-to-bypass-shadow-ban-on-campaigning-by-chinese-social-media-app-rednote> / <https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/liberal-candidate-faces-more-questions-over-undisclosed-campaign-spending-20250331-p5lnxb.html>
The Diplomat: Chinese Influencer Ordered to Leave Taiwan Over Pro-Unification Content. “Chinese Douyin influencer ‘Yaya in Taiwan,’ whose real name is Liu Zhen-ya, left Taiwan on March 25 after a deportation order…. Liu, who has around 500,000 followers on the Chinese social media platform Douyin, came under scrutiny last month over videos expressing support for the unification of Taiwan […]
#China #Taiwan #influencers #legal
"Chinese Douyin influencer 'Yaya in Taiwan,' whose real name is Liu Zhen-ya, left Taiwan on March 25 after a deportation order.... Liu, who has around 500,000 followers on the Chinese social media platform Douyin, came under scrutiny last month over videos expressing support for the unification of Taiwan and China by armed force."
"The Trump administration is waging an authoritarian assault on civil rights as it targets universities — institutions often reviled by right-wingers — and tries to deport an activist who’s a legal permanent resident of the United States, all under the guise of thwarting antisemitism.
Meanwhile, some of the most prominent influencers in the conservative movement are praising Nazi apologists and defending Adolf Hitler.
(. . .)
All this to say: Don’t be gaslit. As the Trump administration uses claims of antisemitism to crack down on civil rights, the president is leading a movement growing more emboldened in its support for Nazi apologists, Nazi ideology and Hitler himself."
Mashable: Fitness influencer’s morning routine goes viral for all the wrong reasons. “We regret to inform you that the hustle bros are at it again — this time, they’ve brought mouth tape and banana peels. Over the weekend, the internet was captivated (read: deeply confused) by a resurfaced video from fitness influencer Ashton Hall, whose morning routine might be the most unhinged one to […]
Financial Times: Meet the LinkedIn superusers. “[Paul] Verrico is one of the platform’s superusers — professionals that have amassed networks sometimes reaching tens or even hundreds of thousands of people, which they use to build their brand. For these users, LinkedIn is no longer just a recruitment site but a space to publish content relating to their work, to self-promote, share […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/31/financial-times-meet-the-linkedin-superusers/
https://www.alojapan.com/1230175/shogo-yamaguchi-traditional-culture-thrives-in-a-peaceful-society/ Shogo Yamaguchi: ‘Traditional culture thrives in a peaceful society’ #influencers #kobudo #Kyoto #KyotoNews #MartialArts #news #TeaCeremony #YouTube #京都 #京都府 Kyoto – Shogo Yamaguchi, 30, has been sharing his love of Japanese traditional culture with the world through his YouTube channel Let’s ask Shogo since 2020. The Kyoto-based cultural enthusiast and content creator’s goal is to protect and promote Japan’s traditions, from tea ceremony to…
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