Kat Tenbarge is a tech and culture reporter for NBC News.
The most-followed tech review influencer on YouTube apologized after viewers caught him driving almost three times over the speed limit in a video he uploaded Tuesday to nearly 20 million subscribers. Marques Brownlee wrote in a post on X that his driving was “Absolutely inexcusable and dangerous.” The video showed him driving a Lamborghini at 96 mph, passing 35 mph speed-limit signs and a 'children playing' sign, indicating that the street was in a residential area.
I’m well aware of the Streisand effect, and I know everything on the internet lives forever, but I think that’s the best decision right now.” The “Streisand effect” refers to an attempt at burying a story or information that results in heightened amounts of attention. Brownlee weathered another controversy in September, after he launched an app for digital wallpapers with an ad-free experience that cost $11.99 a month or $49.99 a year.
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