Influencer

Social media has become the perfect tool for criminals to spot their prey and target them. VICE meets the influencers and celebrities who are getting robbed, and the criminals who are tracking them down.

Aliia Roza is an ex Russian spy seductress who defected to America and became a multi-millionaire fashion PR mogul and actress. But when VICE’s Sydney Lima spends time with her she discovers that things might not be all that they seem.

With the growing influence of the Metaverse, the space for virtual influencers is expanding. VICE World News takes a look inside the world of virtual influencers in China.

YouTuber, rapper and Noisey favourite KSI went back to his old primary school to let the school kids ask him any question they wanted.

Meet Lisette, an Instagram influencer, who racked up $10K in debt in her pursuit to Instagram fame.

VICE and Jack Daniels follow people doing the things they've always wanted to do.

Harlem Cycle founder Tammeca on her path from mechanical engineering to marketing to owning and operating her own cycling studio.

Riiottt is an aspiring singer who moved to LA in an attempt to establish herself.

Maddie is an artist diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. As @snakelively, she makes comedic memes while attempting to establish herself as an artist.

Sergio takes his Instagram seriously. But being an influencer has certain rules, like never posting a picture with someone who isn't pretty - even if you're friends.

Cam girl Moe is fighting to impact conventional standards of beauty by posting for her fans on Instagram. But can she make it in the more mainstream industry?