How a 9-Year-Old Took Over TikTok

ICYMI

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Entertainment News, News, Tech News, Society & Culture

3.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is joined again by Slate’s Nitish Pahwa, this time to open up the mailbag. They answer questions about a child named Topher whose loud presence has swept across TikTok, Twitter’s bad bot decisions, and recent drama surrounding TikTok food reviewer Keith Lee. This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario. Subscribe to Slate Plus at http://slate.com/icymiplus Make an impact this Black History Month by helping Macy’s on their mission to fund UNCF scholarships for HBCU students. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:02.1	I'm Rebecca. I'm Josephine's mom.
0:03.8	I'm Elisa.
0:04.6	Can I go over to Josie's house to play?
0:06.4	She met a new friend and puff.
0:07.9	She's gone.
0:09.0	An ordinary play date.
0:10.5	The missing child is Lucia Blix.
0:12.4	Nine years old.
0:13.4	Is about to become every parent's nightmare.
0:16.3	The people who took Lucia plund it meticulously.
0:19.9	She's hiding something, I know it.
0:21.8	The Stolen Girl, a new original series, streaming April 16 exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:27.5	18 plus subscription required.
0:29.0	T's and C's apply.
0:36.3	Y'all already know who I am. My name's Toper, and I thank Olivia.
0:40.3	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton.
0:44.3	And I'm Natish Powah. You're listening to I see YMI.
0:48.3	In case you missed it. Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:52.3	And today we are welcoming back Natich, a Slate staff writer who you probably just heard on this past Saturday's episode, where he explained some drama rocking the online chess world over the past few months.
1:07.9	It involved shockingly anal beads. So if you haven't listened yet, I can't recommend
1:15.2	the episode more highly. Hello, Natish. Thank you for joining me again to not talk about
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