Under the Influence

When Casey Neistat first sat down to interview YouTube sensation David Dobrik neither of them knew they were about to capture one of the most precipitous rise and falls in the history of the internet in realtime David protected by the belief that hes just a kid with a camera has constantly assumed risks Even as a story of a sexual assault breaks hes busy covering up a nearlethal accident caught on film intended to be entertainment In the real world these kinds of actions have lifechanging consequences but in the gold rush ecosystem of Social Media influence the audience decides who succeeds and who gets banished forever