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[Link] This Guy is Living Your Wildest NFT Dreams, Making $1 Million in Selfie Sales

Read: 19/1/2022 www.vice.com

Almost every day for the past five years, Ghozali took pictures of himself sitting in front of his computer and looking stoic.

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[Link] Black TikTokers Are Tired of Not Getting Paid for the Moves You Stole

Read: 1/12/2021 www.vice.com

But neither of them created that choreography. It was Jalaiah Harmon, who was 14 years old at the time. Neither D’Amelio nor Rae initially gave her credit, and they apologized only after being called out.  Influencers like Rae and D’Amelio have turned their stardom into lucrative careers.

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[Link] Police investigate people taking partially nude photos near Russian landmarks

Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Police have launched a wave of investigations against young people, mainly women, in recent weeks for taking partially nude or sexually suggestive photographs next to Russian landmarks.

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[Link] Unbelievable: 'Monkey Jizz' Cryptocurrency Turns Out to Be a Scam

Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com

Investors in a cryptocurrency called Monkey Jizz are posting on social media that they’ve been scammed by the project’s developer after a token sale.

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[Link] QAnon Influencer Who Calls Democrats Pedophiles Is an Actual Child Abuser

Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. QAnon promoter David Trent has spent the last four years telling his tens of thousands of followers that the Democrats are pedophiles working as part of a global child sex trafficking ring run by the world’s elite.

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[Link] The People Who Left Their Offices to Work From Boats

Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com

The future of work isn’t work from home; it’s work from wherever you want. For some people, that’s an apartment; for Brad Abbott, that’s a boat. Abbott starts his day in the historic Vineyard Haven Harbor, waking up on the boat he lives on with his family.

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[Link] Why Does FaZe Clan Think It’s Worth $1 Billion?

Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com

FaZe Clan, the esports and gaming influencer group, announced plans on Monday to become “the only digitally native, youth-focused lifestyle and media platforms publicly traded on a U.S.

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[Link] A Biracial YouTube Star Disparaged Black Women’s Hair. Now She’s Getting Canceled

Read: 25/10/2021 www.vice.com

Earlier this month, Atlanta-based influencer Briana Monique posted a vlog on YouTube where she discussed a few Black-owned hair products she was using to revive her hair after a few weeks of protective styling.

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[Link] Human remains found in Florida belong to Gabby Petito's boyfriend Brian Laundrie, FBI says

Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The FBI says human remains found in a Florida nature reserve belong to Brian Laundrie. Mr Laundrie was being sought as a person of interest in the death of his girlfriend Gabby Petito while the couple were on a cross-country road trip.

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[Link] Elaborate ‘CryptoEats’ Food Delivery Scam Steals $500,000 in Minutes

Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com

For the last week, a handful of UK-based celebrities have been talking about a new startup, called “CryptoEats,” that would compete against UberEats by allowing customers to pay for food delivery in cryptocurrency.

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[Link] Last Year, COVID Racism Came for Wet Markets. Now, Prada Is Trying to Make Them Cool.

Read: 10/10/2021 www.vice.com

Wet markets—the type of marketplace at the center of a debate on how the COVID-19 pandemic started—are now the subject of a high fashion takeover, in a campaign that challenges stereotypes of such markets as dirty alleyways and breeding ground for pathogens.

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