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What happens with unchecked influence? what happens when there are no speed bumps, no filters between this young twentysomething man who has this tremendous audience of tens of millions of subscribers, and billions, with a b, billions of views, with a degree of influence that was, i don't know it has been seen before. the things that led to his success were very much the same things that led to his undoing. in the film, david's skyrocket to fame stalls when a member of his so—called "vlog squad", durte dom, is accused of sexual assault. in light of a news article, his sponsors drop him and y...

Been seen before. the things that led to his success were very much the same things that led to his undoing. in the film, david's skyrocket to fame stalls when a member of his so—called "vlog squad", durte dom, is accused of sexual assault. in light of a news article, his sponsors drop him and youtube demonetises his uploads. just weeks later, though, he bounces back. the fact that in the shadow of all those revelations, that accountability did not yield the sort of consequence that, certainly, the journalists and the survivor herself had anticipated, to me, that is such a sort of a bleak ou...

Of his so—called "vlog squad", durte dom, is accused of sexual assault. in light of a news article, his sponsors drop him and youtube demonetises his uploads. just weeks later, though, he is back. the fact that in the shadow of all those revelations, that accountability did not yield the sort of consequence that, certainly, the journalists and the survivor herself had anticipated, to me that is such a sort of a bleak outcome. it is — you know, what does it say about our society that there is such little accountability for wrongdoing in the world of influence and social media? i want to apo...

I'm just happy that we all have our glasses on. the movie at large is a sort of a broader commentary on the pros and cons of what happens when there is no distance between sort of the creator and the audience. under the influence follows the meteoric rise and fall of fellow youtuber david dobrik. what happens with unchecked influence? what happens when there are no speed bumps, no filters between this young twentysomething man who has this tremendous audience of tens of millions of subscribers, and billions, with a b, billions of views, with a degree of influence that was, i don't know it has ...

The things that led to his success were very much the same things that led to his undoing. in the film, david's skyrocket to fame stalls when a member of his so—called "vlog squad", durte dom, is accused of sexual assault. in light of a news article, his sponsors drop him and youtube demonetises his uploads. just weeks later, though, he is back. the fact that in the shadow of all those revelations, that accountability did not yield the sort of consequence that certainly the journalists and the survivor herself had anticipated, to me that is such a sort of a bleak outcome. it is, you know, wh...