--- title: Chris Stokel-Walker | TIME description: Stokel-Walker is the author of YouTubers: How YouTube shook up TV and created a new generation of stars canonical: https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Chris Stokel-Walker ## Chris Stokel-Walker Stokel-Walker is the author of _YouTubers: How YouTube shook up TV and created a new generation of stars_ ## Chris Stokel-Walker *  Sep 20, 2022 ### [The Founder of 8chan Says America Must Build a Safer Internet](https://time.com/6214800/fredrick-brennan-8chan-internet-regulation/) The founder of a toxic platform now says we need an FDA for social media [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Aug 26, 2022 ### [Cloudflare Quietly Powers the Internet. Researchers Say It's a Haven for Misinformation](https://time.com/6208828/cloudflare-misinformation-internet-research/) How back-end companies could play a bigger role in policing the internet [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 2, 2022 ### [The Real Threats to the Future of Netflix](https://time.com/6172680/netflix-streaming-future/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Apr 29, 2022 ### [Why You're Seeing So Many Johnny Depp Defenders on TikTok](https://time.com/6172174/johnny-depp-tiktok-defenders/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Apr 14, 2022 ### [Why So Many YouTube and TikTok Stars Want to Sell You a Shirt (And Maybe a Burger)](https://time.com/6167196/youtube-tiktok-creators-new-income-streams/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Mar 23, 2022 ### [Amazon Sellers Are Making Big Money on Nuclear War Survival Products](https://time.com/6159942/amazon-potassium-iodide-nuclear-products-ukraine-invasion/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Mar 10, 2022 ### [How Russians Are Dealing With an Internet That's Gone Dark](https://time.com/6156639/russia-internet-dissent/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 3, 2019 ### [What the Murder of Christina Grimmie by a Fan Tells Us About YouTube Influencer Culture](https://time.com/5581981/youtube-christina-grimmie-influencer/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/","name":"Chris Stokel-Walker"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/"},"name":"Chris Stokel-Walker","jobTitle":null,"description":"Stokel-Walker is the author of YouTubers: How YouTube shook up TV and created a new generation of stars","url":"https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```