Hyperconnectivity and the empire of social networks and web platforms have radically changed life habits and the way in which people interact, relate and make themselves known to third parties. An example of this phenomenon is Camila Lugo (27), an influencer who claims to have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and creates digital content related to this topic that has made it viral.
However, just as new technologies allow us to generate fame and popularity, they also gave rise to the possibility of accessing incalculable sources of information. Any data is just a click away. And the influencer herself is experiencing that firsthand.
Tired of those who say that it is a staging with the aim of becoming famous, dozens of social media users put themselves in the role of researchers with the aim of proving that Sol, or “Sunny”, as she calls herself, is an impostor These improvised researchers put into practice all their detective skills to prove that the influencer is lying.
From Twitter threads exhibiting inconsistencies in her story to TikTok videos in which she is exposed exposing his lie, the same social networks that made “Sunny” famous now turned against him. Becoming a trend on all social networks, “Sunny’s” lie was exposed by other users who day by day dismantled his story with documentary evidence, as if it were a judicial file.
Story
Lugo became an important influencer that even transcended the networks. Not only did she appear on “Canta Conmigo Ahora”, the program she hosted Marcelo Tinelli in El Trece, who referred to her as an example, but also gave notes explaining that her case should be an example for other people diagnosed with ASD.
Furthermore, not only was she awarded for her work and classified as an example, but she even sang at an event in the presence of the still first lady. Fabiola Yanez, who highlighted his attitude. At the same time, she participated in fiction projects such as the film “Planta Permanente” or the series “Los Protectores”, with Adrián Suar. She was also in several independent plays.
But as his fame and impact grew, the first suspicions began to appear. The first indications came in the form of comments on her social media posts in which many pointed out inconsistencies in the influencer’s story. Until, ten days ago, the situation exploded and dozens of Internet users joined in to investigate it down to the smallest detail, even referring to the first “Sunny” virtual appearanceswhen the ASD diagnosis was not part of its content.
“The suspicions were always there and some people said it in their postsbut it was not until she said in a video that those comments were all false and ‘out of envy’ that it all started,” explains one of the authors of the dozens of viral threads from Lugo.
Like a snowball, the viral scandal grew day by day. Dozens of X threads with thousands of interactions and hundreds of videos on TikTok They dedicated themselves to the investigative task that became one of the most discussed topics on social networks. Every saying of Lugo was put under scrutiny.
Thus, her explanation about how she cannot prepare mate since she does not control her strength was contrasted with videos from just a couple of years ago, in which she is seen doing so without any problems. Something similar happened with his suspected photosensitivity, which is contradicted by the fact that his viral videos are recorded with a light that shines directly on his face. “It’s incredible how nothing he says holds up. Her own videos of her and old photos of her deny it,” she summarizes.
The most shocking episode of all that this joint and improvised investigation revealed is that Lugo’s content about TEA began in parallel to The nephews of the young woman, with whom she has no contact, They were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. “I am the mother of her nephews. My children have autism, and when she found out about it she started creating autism content,” she explained, through an X thread, the ex-sister-in-law of the influencer.
Freak
The desperate search for information about Lugo, his past, his assertions and the veracity of his diagnosis brings together many elements of a new trend that is growing by leaps and bounds on social networks and is not without risks: the “doxing”. This practice consists of the act of intentionally and publicly revealing personal information about an individual or organization, generally over the Internet through social engineering mechanisms and access to their content on social networks to attack them.
This mechanism is usually intended to attack someone. One of the most notorious cases was the cruelty with Thomas Massa, son of the Minister of Economy, when he began to be harassed on social networks after it became public that he would travel to the World Cup in Qatar a year ago. The doxing looks for that kind of justice by one’s own hands which is within the reach of every Internet user who has basic knowledge of the Internet to be able to collect, compare and disseminate this information.
In this case, the author of one of the most retweeted threads about “Sunny“He affirms that it is a “positive” doxing. “The one who has to take charge is the one who lies and deceives. All of us who publish information that was available on their own social networks only dedicate themselves to highlighting the inconsistencies in what what he says,” explains one of the captains of this team of anonymous vigilantes.
Meanwhile, Lugo insisted that it was an attack against him unfounded, but the truth is that each new publication he makes now has more negative comments than positive ones. Web detectives don’t rest.
