Stars chafe at virus curbs
A handful of social media stars and influencers have flouted rules aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic and even encouraged others to do so, and authorities are not happy. Popular TikTok “influencers” Bryce Hall and Blake Gray were charged in the United States for throwing parties in Los Angeles at which hundreds of revellers were pictured ignoring social distancing rules. City Attorney Mike Feuer said that with a combined 19 million followers on TikTok, the stars should be “modelling good behaviour — not brazenly violating the law and posting videos about it”.