"Henderson's TikTok claimed that when she was dropping off a delivery in Oswego, New York, she found a customer's front door wide open and inside, a man on the couch with his pants and underwear pulled down to his ankles. Henderson was dubbed the "DoorDash Girl," and her video accrued tens of millions of views, including some supportive and consoling responses to what she said she had endured on the job as a young woman. Many others on the platform made commentary videos that called into question Henderson's alleged victimhood, defended the customer, and spread misinformation, with TikTok's algorithm seemingly amplifying these "hot takes.""
"But Larose opened TikTok one day to find dozens of messages from friends and supporters alarmed by a video of her responding to the situation in favor of the customer and DoorDash's decision to terminate Henderson. (Henderson was fired for sharing a customer's personal information online, DoorDash spokesperson Jeff Rosenberg tells WIRED.) As Larose stared at the video in disbelief, for a split second she second-guessed herself as she became flushed with anxiety about the comment section "tearing her apart." "Did I film this?" she asked. "It's my face, it's my hair.""
A DoorDash driver alleged sexual assault after finding a man on a couch with his pants and underwear pulled down while delivering an order in Oswego, New York. Her TikTok earned tens of millions of views and provoked both support and a wave of commentary videos questioning her account. TikTok's algorithm amplified controversial "hot takes." Authorities later charged the driver with unlawful surveillance and dissemination of unlawful surveillance imagery and police dismissed the sexual assault allegation. A Black journalist, Mirlie Larose, discovered AI-manipulated videos using her likeness to endorse the customer and DoorDash's decision, revealing a rising problem of deepfakes, digital blackface, misinformation, and creator harm.
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