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Podcast: The Front Page
Episode: Blockout 2024: Cancel culture takes new form in viral trend, but will it have any impact?
Description: There’s a new movement on social media in response to celebrities’ views – or lack thereof – on the war in Palestine. “Blockout 2024” started with an inconspicuous video of a TikTok influencer posed outside the glamorous Met Gala with the sound bite “let them eat cake”. Now, an online movement to unfollow and block celebrities is gaining momentum – with the likes of Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner losing hundreds of thousands of followers. It's raised questions like: Will this effort have any effect? Why do we look at celebrities as our moral compass? And what about the celeb...