Minneapolis drops plan to pay social media influencers for Derek Chauvin trial
The city was initially willing to pay in an attempt to reduce misinformation about the upcoming trial
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Minneapolis admits it made a mistake by considering social media influencers to provide information to the public during the
Derek Chauvin trial.
“When we make a mistake,” said Mark Ruff, the city coordinator for Minneapolis, “we acknowledge that, and we will do better.”
The plan was initially approved on Friday by the Minneapolis City Council. They were to pay six influencers to produce “city-generated and approved messages” targeting the East African, Hmong, Latino, African-American, and Native American communities.