Influencer-led staffing purges

Updated: 2025.08.14 6M ago 1 sources
Social-media activists pressure the executive to fire or discipline officials via public loyalty tests. — Shifts personnel authority outside formal institutions, undermines merit-based administration, and incentivizes performative governance responsive to online factions.

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SB PM: The Loomer-Wiles power struggle
Halina Bennet 2025.08.14 100% relevant
Loomer publicly targets officials, claims credit for multiple ousters, and triggers a near-firing reversed only after intervention by senior campaign and agency leaders.
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