The strange and mysterious Internet obsession with Cameron Harry

Cameron Harryn is a popular name in TikTok, Twitter and other social networks, whose photos and videos usually associate with the “Criminal” of Britney Spears (Mama, ICEm in love with a criminal).

Cameron was sentenced to 24 years in prison in Tampa, Florida, in April, after being convicted of the murder of Jessica Reissinger-Raubenolt, 24, and her daughter, Lilia, who was only 20 months old. He hit them in 2018 with a Ford Mustang car crossing the street. Cameron was racing another car. His sentence was also based on past speed violations.

On the Internet, people name it a very cute “” and seek justice. According to many posts, he does not deserve a 24-year sentence. “We, Cameron's friends from around the world will not stop backing, even if they put him in a safer prison,” writes someone on Twitter. “Why are you doing this to him? He didn't want to. See it as your son,” is read in another post.

In TikTok, Cameron's supporters have created accounts to honour their favourite “criminalization”. Cameron, who himself is a content creator in TikTok, has more than 2 million followers in the verified account, despite having posted nothing after being convicted.

The Tampa Bay Times spoke to his mother about the trend on social networks, which he called “almost an obsession, an unhealthy obsession”.

W TSP reports that according to experts, thousands of “people” who support Cameron may not be real people. Dr. Loni Hagen, an assistant professor at University of South Florida, said: “We collected data between 19 July and 20 July and found a little over 12,000 Twitter accounts posting for Cameron Harry. ”

Hagen, along with her students, obtained 12,000 accounts and used Botometer, an automatic algorithm created by researchers to scan accounts on social networks.

The “Detail shows that suspended, deleted and private accounts, which result in being an unknown category, according to Botometer, are 75% of the accounts. Calculations similar to people are only 9% of the 12,000 unique accounts,” said Hagen.

According to The Tampa Bay Times, Twitter suspended 900 accounts that created content regarding Cameron for violations of the regulation. Experts with whom The Tampa Bay Times spoke had doubts that some of the so-called fans' accounts may want to use current trend themes to win followers and then share false information. They believe this especially because many of the users of social networks who want “fairness” for Cameron were traced to the Middle East and sometimes his name was not even written correctly.

However, all this social noise for Cameron is strange because it refers to comments, people demand a reduction in punishment because “is so beautiful”. However, Cameron will likely remain in prison for the duration of his sentence.