U.P. engaging social media influencers to promote stories on Ram

U.P. engaging social media influencers to promote stories on Ram

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways General (Retd.) V.K. Singh visit Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir construction site, in Ayodhya. File | Photo Credit: ANI Uttar Pradesh government has asked its cultural department to engage prominent social media influencers … Read more

Action soon against social media influencers misguiding students: Sivankutty

Action soon against social media influencers misguiding students: Sivankutty

Legal action will be taken against social media influencers who lure students down the wrong path, Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty has said. He was addressing mediapersons after performing the State-level inauguration of cleaning of education offices at the Directorate of General Education here on Saturday. The Minister alleged a planned bid to influence … Read more

Fake Friends and the Real Threat of AI-Generated Influencers

Fake Friends and the Real Threat of AI-Generated Influencers

July 7, 2022 – At first glance, Kyra’s Instagram profile looks a lot like that of any other influencer. According to her bio, she’s a dream chaser and model. The 22-year-old from Mumbai, India, is thin, light-skinned, and conventionally attractive. She takes bathroom selfies and complains about the hassles of modern airline travel. But there’s … Read more

Love in the Time of Eczema: 3 Influencers Get Real About Dating With a Chronic Skin Condition

Love in the Time of Eczema: 3 Influencers Get Real About Dating With a Chronic Skin Condition

Millions of Facebook users list their relationship status as “it’s complicated,” but for people with eczema, that phrase takes on a special meaning. Here, in a group interview via Zoom, three social media influencers speak candidly about what it’s like to hook up and couple up while coping with a chronic skin condition. All three … Read more

How Beijing influences the influencers

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Millions have watched Lee and Oli Barrett’s YouTube dispatches from China. The father and son visit hotels in exotic locales, tour out-of-the-way villages, sample delicacies in bustling markets and undergo traditional ear cleanings. “We are on the outskirts of Shanghai today at the most incredible hotel we’ve ever stayed at,” Oli says in one video, … Read more

Chronic illness influencers accused of faking it

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With 15m people in England alone living with a long-term condition, and numbers rising, it’s no surprise the chronically ill community has exploded online in the last few years. Celebrities like Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez and Lena Dunham are opening up about their conditions, and chronic illness influencers are attracting huge social media followings. But … Read more