NYU report details how influencers backing India's BJP have used YouTube to spread conspiracy theories and hateful content targeting Muslims and women in India (Upmanyu Trivedi/Bloomberg) Read more
All three of China's top livestreaming influencers on Taobao have gone dark in recent months amid increasing government scrutiny on e-commerce livestreaming (Zeyi Yang/MIT Technology Review) Read more
Influencers who focused on the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard trial made thousands of dollars through platform incentives, shaping public opinion in the process (Taylor Lorenz/Washington Post) Read more