ICYMI: The Bling Ring Wasn’t Possible Without the Internet

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Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The early years of social media were a wild place where people weren’t really thinking about what they were posting, which is something the teenagers of the Bling Ring took advantage of when they started using celebrity gossip sites, Facebook, MySpace and Google Maps to target their famous victims. On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by Moises Mendez II to talk about the new Netflix documentary The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist, which details this group’s tactics, crimes, and conflicting stories. Rachelle and Moises discuss how the internet played such an important role in these crimes, the chaos in the courtroom, and the desperation for attention these teens had. This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario. Subscribe to Slate Plus at slate.com/icymiplus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.6	It was the first case that I'm aware of where they committed a crime using the internet,
0:36.6	and they were very savvy.
0:38.7	Unfortunately, it was their downfall, too.
0:43.3	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton.
0:45.3	And I'm Moises Mendes II, and you're listening to ICYMI.
0:49.1	In case you missed it.
0:50.5	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:52.4	And yes, today we are joined by none other than internet culture icon himself, Moises
0:59.0	Mendes II.
1:00.5	No one's junior.
1:01.7	Moises, hello.
1:03.4	Hi, thank you guys so much for having me back.
1:05.8	I'm so excited.
1:07.7	I'm so excited to have you here.
1:10.3	I'm such a big fan of yours. Like, whenever I see your name pop up on my TL or when I'm reading a story, I'm just like, oh my God, that's noises. He's such a star.
1:19.5	Oh, stop. Don't gas me up like this. My head is already too big. I'm going to gas you up. And I'm going to keep gas me up like this. My head is already too big.
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