Comm 3120 disruption timeline

  • Local: Lexi Watts Grooming Allegations

    Lexi Watts and previous teacher at Lone Peak High School now viral on TikTok as a running influencer has received backlash over multiple allegations of grooming her students on TikTok and Reddit. She constantly deletes her comments and has the safety setting on her TikTok comments where they have to be approved by her in order to be posted. People have tried to make the issue salient along with spreading images, videos and stories about her and what happened.
  • Idaho Murders

    The internet including TikTok and Instagram went off when the Idaho murders of the college students went viral. People ran to take sides and spread information and misinformation regarding the case along with share opinions regarding the topic. It took off and the two girls that did survive received the worst end of the stick with the viral case. The narrative at for the "who was at fault" also took off blaming the girls that weren't killed and the murderer.
  • The Fall of P Diddy

    Sean "P Diddy" Combs went down hard and fast when information on his case was released. He was arrested on terms of racketeering and sex trafficking. I witnessed the fall the fastest over TikTok but it was everywhere. TikTok was where many came together to share and show support for the victims and their stories over the internet. Graphic images were also posted to further the cause of cancelling P Diddy. The issue was heavily made salient.
  • The Cancellation of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds over It Ends With Us Justin Baldoni

    TikTok thrived off the Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively drama. Videos, photos, comments overall lead to the public humiliation and cancellation of Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively. Blake Lively tried to set the narrative as the victim only for Baldoni to come out with receipts on the whole story. Showing who the true victim was of the Lawsuit against him. Images and videos later released further pushing Blake and Ryan as the villians for being horrible people.
  • President Trump and Vice President JD Vance vs Zelensky

    The meet up between the US leaders and Ukranian Leaded went viral in a variety of different ways with everyone sharing their thoughts and opinions on social media sites like X, Instagram and TikTok. Positive and negative information was spread regarding the meeting and who was in the wrong.