Rantic.com (formerly SocialVEVO and Swenzy) is a social media marketing website that sells fake likes, followers, views and web traffic.
[7] During an interview with Vocativ, one of five people claiming to be founders said the online business was created by "Jacob, Jerry, Juice, Alexander and Kamaruzaman".
[2] The CEO is listed as Simon Z and consumers are said to include musicians, teens, celebrities, politicians and governments, according to a New York Times and Forbes report.
Following Watson's launch of a UN gender equality campaign, a website emerged claiming photos of the actor would be released via 4chan.
[12] Rantic called itself one of fewer than a dozen such companies remaining,[13] and has promised to refill any "likes" or followers lost to account sweeps by the operators of sites including Facebook and Instagram.