Cancel Culture Has a New Player: The Online Shopping Scammer The arrest of Mayu Yoshida, a 32 year old Japanese woman accused of placing and cancelling over 2,000 orders on Shueisha's manga merchandise site, has brought to light a disturbing trend that goes beyond the usual suspects.
While cancel culture is often associated with boycotts and public shaming, this case highlights a more insidious form of manipulation: the online shopping scam.
At first glance, Yoshida's actions may seem like an isolated incident – a stressed out individual seeking to exploit a loophole in Shueisha's online shopping system.