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‘I will not be paid to lie’: Girl says company scams contact creators into lying. Viewers say the brand is TinecoGirl says company scams content creators into lying. Viewers say the brand is Tineco

An influencer on TikTok went viral for claiming that a brand — many are assuming to be the vacuum brand Tineco — asks creators to lie about their product. In the viral video posted Monday afternoon, creator Hannah (@hanzcakess) talked about her experience with the brand from a kitchen, while a Tineco vacuum sat on …

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Discussion Started on Dangers of Featuring Children in “Mommy Vlogger” Content

While parenting content can provide an accessible and educational outlet for other parents to seek answers to their parenting questions along with validation from others also raising young children, the risks of “sharenting” are so glaring that the risks appear to outnumber the benefits: “There’s going to be a whole generation of traumatized adults who …

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Netflix Will Expand Its Gaming Content While Hoping To Become Price ‘Agnostic’ In The Coming Years

Getty Image Netflix recently announced that it would be focusing more on “premium long-form content” which probably means we won’t get any more of those niche baking shows everyone is always gabbing about, and instead we’ll have to endure a Stranger Things spinoff or two. With some new content, the streamer is also going to …

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What Happened to Content Creator Adrian Estrada?

Popular content creator Adrian Estrada has been absent from social media for weeks, and people are suggesting the worst. The Gist: Some reports suggest content creator Adrian Estrada may have died in August 2023. The influencer was previously very active on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, but his posts had become less frequent. No official sources …

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Saweetie Has Apparently Joined OnlyFans Competitor Fansly With A Page Promising ‘Spicy Content’

Getty Image Over the past couple of years, as revenue from streaming and touring slowed down, artists have found plenty of alternative streams of income — including fan-based content platforms with racy reputations, like OnlyFans. Among the artists who’ve joined the platform are Iggy Azalea, who said she is “making so much money” on the …

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How to Help Your Kids Weed Out Bad Health Content on TikTok

NOTE: In this story, all parents’ and children’s names have been changed in order to shield their privacy. Aug. 7, 2023 – America’s teenagers love TikTok, the video-sharing social media app. Nearly 60% of all teens ages 13-17 use it daily, according to the Pew Research Center. And by some estimates, the largest share of TikTok …

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What’s the difference between reacting to content and stealing it?

This article originally appeared on Passionfruit. One of the most complicated, popular, and outright controversial parts of the creator economy is the reactor. Whether it’s a YouTuber emoting to a compilation of TikToks or a Twitch streamer showing their audience an entire season of MasterChef, reaction content is incredibly popular across all platforms. “It’s popular …

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‘Do you want us to go radio silent?’: Influencers express confusion—and consider content pivots—amid SAG-AFTRA strike

Two weeks after the actors’ guild SAG-AFTRA strike started, content creators and influencers still have questions regarding where the picket line lies for online content.   Some creators have opted to stop making content altogether in support of the strike, while others have come under fire for making content promoting releases from struck companies.  Influencers face …

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CNET Has Started Republishing AI-Generated Content After Its First Version Published False and Plagiarized Content

CNET paused publication of content generated by AI earlier this year. Despite there being some very good reasons for that decision, they now say they’re going forward with it once again. The reality? The AI tool was publishing blatantly false and occasionally plagiarized material across CNET’s websites. Yeah. That’s a problem. Red Ventures, who owns …

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