News Roundup 05/10/21 Cont.
James Charles: YouTube temporarily demonetizes beauty influencer.
YouTuber James Charles, beauty icon has been in a lot of drama lately with his involvement of texting and send sexual messages to underage boys. James Charles recently admitted to sending explicit messages to two, 16 year old boys. James Charles has his very own series on YouTube called “beauty influencer” but it’s been confirmed that YouTube has temporarily removed their partnership with him. Along with Morphe ending their partnership with him.
INSTAGRAM INFLUENCER HELPS STRUGGLING ARTIST IN HOLLYWOOD
The two million follower influencer Devon Rodriguez is giving back by helping an upcoming Hollywood artist Dust-N-Bones.
Rodriguez emphasizes “I thought his drawings were really beautiful so we sparked up a conversation. I told him that he should have his drawings on Instagram because people will love it.”
With everything going on all around the world with the pandemic, Dust-N-Bones has been homeless and not able to pursue his career. Rodriguez helped him set up an Instagram account, he ended up recovering 120,000 Instagram followers the day after.
David Dobrik's popularity plummeted after a Vlog Squad rape allegation.
YouTube influencer David Dobrik's popularity has taken a hit after a serious rape allegation against the Vlog Squad. A feature recently came out, stating that back in Nov. 2018 the Vlog Squad invited Hannah and a group of her friends back to an apartment used for videos on Dobrik's channel, where they were offered alcoholic drinks. She states that she was too intoxicated to consent and was raped by Zeglaitis in his bedroom while Dobrik filmed outside the door. Many other women and influencers have been coming out with their statement's of who David Dobrik really is.
Tik Tok influencer shares domestic violence survival story to help others
Tik Tok is an app where influencers or everyday users like myself go to laugh, dance, sing etc. Although Tik Tok is an app for positive energy there is also a dark side to it or I should say a place to spread awareness. Social media influencer Kylie Strickland began posting clips or her alleged ex boyfriend Cody Weems abusing her. All I could think about was ‘today is going to be the day.’ Today is going to be the day that he finally kills me and all I could think about was ‘I hope somebody is calling the police.’ I don’t know how I’m about to get away. I was thinking about how to get away, I was thinking of what I could do that could hurt him enough to make him stop,” said Strickland. Since those videos on Tik Tok the video started becoming viral and Weems was charged with assault on an unborn child, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, aggravated sexual battery, burglary, kidnapping, and battery.
Influencer who detailed alleged kidnapping attempt on Instagram charged with giving false information to police.
Influencers on Instagram are known for being YouTubers, models and entertainers. Katie Sorensen a “so called” Instagram influencer gave false information of a kidnapping on her account.
The story was that she saved a woman from being kidnapped, stating “they followed her out to her car, loitered suspiciously, and then left when noticed by another individual nearby.”
The Instagram video became viral as many people called the Petaluma Police Department to ask about the situation. Authorities later stated the security footage and other information was false. The Instagram influencer has been charged with giving false information to police and dispatch.