The $50M Revolve Lawsuit and Sponcon Literacy

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🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay run through the lows of Coachella, before breaking down a lawsuit against one of the festival’s most visible e-commerce brands, Revolve. Earlier this month, Revolve was hit with a $50 million class-action lawsuit accusing them of deceiving more than 1 million customers using social media marketing tactics. The lead plaintiff named three influencers as co-defendants, saying they didn’t disclose that Revolve paid them for sponsored posts and had she known the posts were sponsored, she would not have purchased clothing from them. Does this case have merit, which past influencers have gotten in trouble for similar mistakes, and what does it say about our sponcon literacy today? This podcast is produced by Vic Whitley-Berry, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim, and Kate Lindsay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:02.0	I'm Rebecca. I'm Josephine's mom.
0:03.7	I'm Elisa.
0:04.6	Can I go over to Josie's house to play?
0:06.3	She met a new friend and puff.
0:07.8	She's gone.
0:08.9	An ordinary play date.
0:10.4	The missing child is Lucia Blix nine years old.
0:13.3	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 on her way.
0:21.8	The Stolen Girl, a new original series, streaming April 16 exclusively on Disney Plus.
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0:29.0	Teas and Cs apply. Hey, I'm Candace Lim, and I'm Kate Lindsay, and you're listening to I see Y
0:47.4	YMIMI in case you missed it.
0:49.7	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:52.2	And Kate, our desert nightmare is over. I am obviously referring to
0:57.0	Coachella, which just ended weekend two. I have to say that I am over Coachella, but pro
1:03.1	Coachella because every year there's like this mass exodus in L.A. So I can finally go to like
1:09.4	community goods and all the hot spots now that the
1:12.5	influencers have vacated. But Coachella, did it make a mark on your timeline at all?
1:17.9	Not even a little bit.
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