MINI SCROLL: Celebrity Ritz-Carlton cruise, YouTube cracks down on AI content + Aussie wedding-tok dress drama
Please consider buying us a coffee or subscribing to a membership to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business🩷 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworldThe biggest stories on the internet from July 4th, 2025.Timestamps:00:00 Intro00:34 Celebrity Ritz-Carlton cruise2:32 YouTube cracks down on AI content5:13 Australian wedding dress drama between Jade Marie Zane & The Ivory RoomFind our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/
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MINI SCROLL: Gigi Gorgeous x Nats Getty divorce, Sabrina Carpenter $1 million charity tour + TikTok's sympathy-trapping problem
Please consider buying us a coffee or subscribing to a membership to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business🩷 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworldThe biggest stories on the internet from July 3rd, 2025.Timestamps:00:00 Intro00:46 Gigi Gorgeous x Nats Getty divorce3:04 Sabrina Carpenter raises $1 million for charity on Short n' Sweet tour5:28 TikTok overrun with "sympathy-traps"Find our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/
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MINI TECH SCROLL: TikTok US buyer update, Content moderators speak out , X pilots AI fact-checkers + Can AI run retail?
Please consider buying us a coffee or subscribing to a membership to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business🩷 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from July 2nd, 2025. Timestamps:00:00 Intro1:43 Trump claims there is a US TikTok buyer3:44 TikTok content moderators speak out against work conditions and expectations8:34 X is piloting an AI-driven fact-checking program 12:12 American AI company Anthropic tests whether AI can run a small store Subscribe to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/18cqrQI7gMiVfxIMRAeULF Subscribe to Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/infinite-scroll/id1499785732 Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow our publication: https://www.tiktok.com/@centennialworld Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/ Follow Lauren on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@laurennmeisner Sources: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/30/tech/trump-tiktok-who-could-buy https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/trump-says-fox-interview-he-has-group-wealthy-people-buy-tiktok-2025-06-29/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/us/politics/trump-tiktok-buyer.html https://restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-moderators-turkey/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/21/diary-of-a-tiktok-moderator-we-are-the-people-who-sweep-up-the-mess https://www.vice.com/en/article/tiktok-content-moderation-layoffs-ai/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-12/tiktok-slashing-jobs-to-boost-ai-content-moderation/104465606 https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-10-20/behind-tiktoks-boom-a-legion-of-traumatised-10-a-day-content-moderators/ https://www.theverge.com/news/658566/content-moderator-union-alliance-meta-tiktok-google https://x.com/CommunityNotes/status/1940132205486915917 https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/x-is-piloting-a-program-that-lets-ai-chatbots-generate-community-notes/ https://www.theverge.com/news/696210/x-community-notes-ai-note-writershttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-01/x-will-deploy-ai-to-write-community-notes-expand-fact-checking https://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-1
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MINI SCROLL: Kath Ebbs & Avery Cyrus collab, Charli xcx Glastonbury backlash + MrBeast AI thumbnail scandal
Please consider buying us a coffee or subscribing to a membership to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business🩷 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworldThe biggest stories on the internet from July 1st, 2025.Timestamps:00:00 Intro1:15 Kath Ebbs & Avery Cyrus collab4:03 Charli xcx Glastonbury backlash6:22 MrBeast AI thumbnail scandalFind our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/
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MINI SCROLL: Mikayla Raines tragic passing, "Princess Treatment" TikTok backlash + Hailey Bieber ring scandal
*I caught this while editing, but want to acknowledge around 9:28 when I said "women fought to work" that women have always worked, especially women from disenfranchised socioeconomic backgrounds. what I meant by that statement was more around access to education, upward mobility in the workforce, equitable opportunities etc.**Please consider buying us a coffee or subscribing to a membership to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business🩷 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworldThe biggest stories on the internet from June 26th, 2025.Timestamps:00:00 Intro00:50 Mikayla Raines tragically passes away amid cyberbullying attacks6:48 TikTok creator Courtney Joelle going viral for her sharing her version of “princess treatment” by husband12:33 Hailey Bieber shuts down divorce rumours after stepping out without engagement ringFind our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/
An internet culture news podcast that explores themes surrounding viral stardom, the creator economy, and how social media is shaping Gen Z. Hosted by Centennial World founder Lauren Meisner & deputy editor Annabel Bendavid.
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