Mini Scroll

• Hey everyone, there will be no Mini Scroll today since we got an email saying that the Centennial World Podcast Network YouTube channel has been permanently removed for “severe or repeated violations of our child safety policy.”

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  We are an Australian independent media company that covers internet culture, technology and social media platforms from a critical point of view – something that is increasingly important in the AI era.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  We have never, nor would never, produce or post content of this nature. We are very careful about the stories we choose to platform and how we cover viral moments.

  Knowing the digital world is a space that adults and minors share, we are very passionate about protecting children from harmful content online or being put in unsafe situations for virality. We have consistently spoken out against anything from family channels to unethical child influencing.   

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  The email flags that violations are detected using a combination of automated systems and human reviewers. We presume an automated system pinged this. We are lucky enough to have operated as a media company for six years and know people who can put us in contact with YouTube to try and rectify this. But we are cognisant that many other independent creators do not.    

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  So with all that, there will be no episode of Mini Scroll today – I had already recorded and started editing the episode, but obviously we have to address this situation ASAP. We love YouTube and our community there is such an important part of our brand. We will keep you updated. In the meantime, follow us on our socials and on Spotify. 

  
  

  
  

  
  

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  https://www.tiktok.com/@miniscrollpodcast

  
  

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The biggest stories on the internet from August 7th, 2026.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:34 ING ad read

2:10 Sopha Dopha vs. Sydney Airport

8:47 Offensive viral PR package

14:33 Monty Lopez update

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The biggest stories on the internet from August 6th, 2026.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:30 ING ad read

2:22 Wedding makeup artist cancellation going viral

11:01 Pickle rental dress dramas

16:55 Perez Hilton & TikTok's culpability

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The biggest stories on the internet from August 5th, 2026.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:36 ING ad read

2:15 Samantha's Journey used in humiliating thumbnail by YouTuber

8:52 Operation Eau de Fraud

11:17 Viral tech bro hedge fund saga

16:57 ChatGPT brand trip update

20:45 Monty Lopez fakes passing away???

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The biggest stories on the internet from August 4th, 2026.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

1:44 Jezabel vs. Andra

10:01 Reesa Teesa speaks on virality

14:18 Ken Eurich & Bobby Murray relationship update

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The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from August 3rd, 2026.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:39 ING Ad read 

2:16 Hank Green admits to using AI in his content 

14:04 Myspace is (allegedly) relaunching

18:48 OpenAI’s “summer camp” influencer brand trip

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Sources:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chatgpt-is-changing-the-words-we-use-in-conversation/ 

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.01754  

https://gizmodo.com/humans-are-starting-to-talk-more-like-chatgpt-study-claims-2000628916 

https://www.reddit.com/r/nerdfighters/comments/1vbmoj5/comment/p0vzmog/

https://people.com/myspace-current-owners-explain-site-end-and-why-relaunches-havent-worked-12020148 

https://www.eonline.com/news/1434548/myspace-is-getting-a-relaunch-though-without-tom-anderson

The biggest stories on the internet from July 30th, 2026.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

1:17 Nantucket vs. influencers

11:50 BTS pulls out of Grammys running

15:30 Nara Smith rebuts "tradwife" label

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The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from July 29th, 2026.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

1:12 The reaction to MidJourney acquiring Co-Star

8:43 Claude exposed private chats on Google Search

14:20 AI companies are destroying physical media 

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Sources:

​​https://www.404media.co/tons-of-peoples-claude-chats-and-creations-are-exposed-on-google/ 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/09/08/hundreds-of-anthropic-chatbot-transcripts-showed-up-in-google-search/

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/27/psa-your-claude-shared-chats-and-artifacts-may-have-ended-up-on-google/

https://www.wired.com/story/private-claude-chats-exposed-in-google-and-bing-search-results/ 

https://www.404media.co/ai-companies-are-buying-tons-of-old-books-because-theyre-free-of-ai-slop/ 

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25982181/authors-v-anthropic-ruling.pdf 

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/anthropic-destroyed-millions-of-print-books-to-build-its-ai-models/ 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/27/anthropic-ai-scan-destroy-books/ 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-24/ai-startup-midjourney-buys-astrology-app-co-star-and-is-building-its-own-apps 

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/970894/midjourney-co-star-acquisition 

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The biggest stories on the internet from July 28th, 2026.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

1:21 Bailey Smith exposed by multiple women

6:47 Dylan Mulvaney responds to White House speech

10:31 Jen Hamilton says her husband was living "a double life"

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The biggest stories on the internet from July 27th, 2026.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

1:42 Equinox goes viral for offensive AI ad

11:45 Morgan Adams vs. Tana Mongeau

17:22 Jeffree Star sparks concern over new friendship

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