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Lauren Chen

Personal information Born Lauren Yu Sum Tam Nationality Canadian Spouse Liam Donovan Children 1[1] YouTube information Channel YouTube channel Years active 2016–2024 Subscribers 572 thousand[2] (September 2024) Total views 100,717,306[2] (September 2024) Channel is now suspended Lauren Chen (born Lauren Yu Sum Tam) is a Canadian conservative[3][4][5][6][7] political commentator and former YouTube personality. She has been involved with Glenn Beck's BlazeTV and Turning Point USA. She has also contributed opinion pieces to RT, a Russian state media outlet.[8][9] Her husband, Liam Donovan, is the president of Tenet Media, a company they co-founded.

Early life and education Lauren Yu Sum Tam[10] was born in Ontario, Canada, and spent much of her childhood in Hong Kong. She attended university in the United States, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Middle Eastern Studies, and Arabic.[11][12][better source needed]

Career Chen gained prominence through her (now suspended) YouTube channel, "Roaming Millennial," where she discussed various cultural and political issues from a conservative perspective.[13][14] She later transitioned to hosting the show Pseudo Intellectual on BlazeTV[15][16][17][18][19][20] and contributed to Turning Point USA,[8][21][22][23] an American conservative nonprofit organization. Her commentary typically focuses on topics like immigration, inflation, and other U.S. domestic issues.[24]

Tenet Media Chen co-founded Tenet Media with her husband, Liam Donovan.[25][26][27][28][29][30] A federal indictment unsealed in September 2024 accused Tenet Media of receiving funding and direction from a covert operation funded by Russia to disseminate pro-Russian propaganda within the United States.[31][32][33] The indictment, filed in the Southern District of New York, alleged that Russian state-controlled media company RT funneled nearly $10 million to Tenet Media to create and distribute content favorable to Russian interests, aimed at amplifying U.S. domestic divisions. The indictment specifically named Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva, employees of RT, as the main operatives behind the funding.[34][35]

The Justice Department said that Tenet Media, referred to as "US Company 1" in the indictment, produced numerous videos that supported Russia's geopolitical aims and received significant views on platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok. These activities were part of broader Russian efforts to influence U.S. public opinion ahead of the 2024 elections.[13] Although the indictment suggested that not all individuals affiliated with Tenet were aware of the source of funding, it highlighted that founders, including Chen, were cognizant of their financial backers and actively concealed this information.[35]

Response and public statements Following the indictment's public release, Tenet Media and the involved commentators, including Chen, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Other influencers associated with Tenet Media, such as Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, and Dave Rubin, stated that they were unaware of the company's connections to Russian funding and declared themselves victims of the alleged scheme.[34][35][36] Chen has not posted on social media since the indictment.[37]

In response, BlazeTV officially fired her.[38][39] Her channels, as well as Tenet Media's, were taken down by YouTube.[40][41] Tenet Media has also been shuttered.[42]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenet_Media