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Welcome to the Friday edition of Internet Insider, where we dissect the week online. Today:

Chris Crocker, whose 2007 video defending Britney Spears after she was attacked went viral and has endured in the years since, is offering his thoughts on Spears’ emotional testimony on her conservatorship.

A video that shows a police officer pulling over a First Nations woman for an alcohol breathalyzer test as she's leaving a reserve has sparked criticism of discriminatory policing of Indigenous people. 

On Friday, author and potential congressional hopeful J.D. Vance waded into the fight between Republicans and the military. Vance probably should've kept his thoughts to himself, because he urged generals not to read books about "white rage."

A viral TikTok shows a woman using a clever song to shut down a known fraudster who called her a transphobic slur. "This bozo got mad and called me a tra*ny so clearly I had to put him in his place," Jolie Palazzolo says in the video's caption.

Analysis

A recent TikTok video by an Iowa teacher encapsulates the struggles of many educators across America whose ability to teach about race and racial equity is being legislated away from them.

The video was posted by Megan Geha (@ms.magoo), a special education teacher in Des Moines, and has created additional conversation and further right-wing condemnation when it comes to critical race theory.

"This is what's bullshit," she starts. "Today is the first time our... Читать дальше...

An anonymous customer at a New Hampshire restaurant left a $16,000 tip on a $37.93 tab, but people online are outraged that the entire tip did not go to the server. “The waiter who did the work deserves ALL of the 16k,” one user wrote.

That One Sound is a weekly column from senior internet culture writer Audra Schroeder that explores the origin of popular sounds heard on TikTok. Suggestions? Tips? Email audra@dailydot.com

A TikTok video that has received more than 8 million views in less than 24 hours claims to show a staggering itemized document related to a COVID-19 hospital stay.

Welcome to the Thursday edition of Internet Insider, where we explore identities online and off. Today: