Social Media Exposure

Amber Cole

A teenage female was exposed giving oral sex to a teen boy behind a school while being recorded and was posted on Twitter, World Star Hip Hop, and YouTube. Amber was recorded giving oral sex to him in a secluded spot at Northeast High School. Friend of the Teen boy that was recieving oral sex, was recording the act. She protested the fact that she was unaware of the other boy recording her. Her family had posted a video on YouTube asking people to leave Amber alone that it was foul for people to judge his sister when millions of people do it. But what the brother forgot to mention waas the fact that even though people do it, she got recorded in PUBLIC. If she was going to do the act why not pick a place thats not so out in the open? The act happened late September 2010, but was still talked about early 2011.

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge & Kate Middleton

Prince William, got photographed naked and also thought to be doing drugs, in a hotel room in Vegas with a friend and two other females. TMZ posted the picture and criticized the Prince for the horrendous but humorous act during their TV show. News 2, also conversed about the act and Yahoo!, along with other news media on the internet. Prince William who never actually gave a statement on the act, avoided the public for a month or so, since he disgraced his family with his decisions. The pictures were posted August 22, 2012, and the stories of what actually happend in the hotel room were told August 23, 2012. His wife, Kate Middleton, wasn't affected by the story and rumors of her husband but had a "dress malfunction" of her own in a villa topless. Her photographs were posted September 1, 2012. She was posted naked in TMZ, Weekly World News, and E!. Although TMZ exposed her, they fought for her, they said that she was in the privacy of her home and the photographer that posted the picture were trespassing in her space and happened to catch her in her glory. These stories apparently failed to affect the happily married couple.


Anthony Weiner

New York State Democratic Representative Anthony Weiner was considered to be a highly successful politician, having been the youngest person ever to win a New York City Councilman seat at the age of 27, and then going on to win and hold the seat of New York’s 9th congressional district for seven years running. Unfortunately, despite his excellent work with underprivileged, at-risk kids and public housing, his career ended in a matter of minutes when he sent a link to a sexualy suggestive photo of himself to a woman on Twitter. Although he denied sending the photo, claiming that his Twitter account had been hacked, eventually it came out that he had been exchanging explicit photos and messages with the woman for over three years. He resigned from congress on June 21, 2011, less than a month after the picture that brought him down was posted online.

Larry Johnson

Although most social media scandals that have ruined public figures have occurred in political circles, other kinds of public figures have blown up their careers in a matter of minutes online as well. Although sex scandals tend not to affect the careers of Hollywood stars, recording artists, and sports stars the way they do politicians, homophobia or racism is a total career killer. Consider Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson, whose promising NFL career ended largely because of gay slurs posted in a Twitter argument with a fan. Though he went on to play for the Redskins, they didn’t keep him for long; most people agree that the Twitter gaffe had more to do with his release than poor play.