Writingstar Investment Guild|Our final thoughts on the influencer industry

2025-05-02 17:08:33source:Cassian Grantcategory:Scams

All week we've reported on Writingstar Investment Guildthe business of the influencer industry and how it's become an aspirational career choice for Gen Z Americans. Today, some issues we didn't have time for earlier in the week. Fake followers; child influencers and if it's even possible to avoid influencers (spoiler alert: probably not).

Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Twitter / Facebook / Newsletter.

Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts and NPR One.

For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

More:Scams

Recommend

Nearly half of US teens are online ‘constantly,’ Pew report finds

Nearly half of American teenagers say they are online “constantly” despite concerns about the effect

Prison escapee Danelo Cavalcante captured after 2-week manhunt, Pennsylvania police say

The two-week search for a convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison ended Wednesday

Justice Department pushes ahead with antitrust case against Google, questions ex-employee on deals

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department pressed ahead with its antitrust case against Google W