Navigating the digital landscape requires caution - every action and statement is subject to public scrutiny. Influencers, in particular, often find themselves at the mercy of netizens who make unkind and usually unnecessary comments about them, instigating others to follow. This has led to the rise of cancel culture in recent years.
Navigating the digital landscape requires caution - every action and statement is subject to public scrutiny . Influencers , in particular, often find themselves at the mercy of netizens who make unkind and usually unnecessary comments about them, instigating others to follow. This has led to the rise of cancel culture in recent years.
Alexander Woon, a law lecturer at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, explained at the Online Harms Symposium 2023 that cancel culture lacks a precise definition as it's an evolving phenomenon, but added that it is essentially 'weaponised peer pressure'. This phenomenon mirrors public shaming, where individuals collectively boycott others, sometimes leading to severe consequences. In a recent episode of Got People Say, host Munah Bagharib engages in a discussion with three content creators and the CEO of SG Her Empowerment (SHE) Simran Toor to explore the contentious subjec
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