TikTok, cancer, Reddit, NYTimes Doxxing, Influencers, GoFundMe. A veritable ouroboros of contemporary social/media.
‘I Have Cancer,’ the TikTok Star Said. Then Came the Torrent of Hate.
Sydney Towle’s videos have drawn an enormous audience on TikTok, where her followers praise and support her. On Reddit, an army of skeptics was determined to paint her as a fraud.
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