#FreeBritney: online army rallies behind ‘silenced’ Spears


A woman holds a poster of Britney with her mouth taped shut as fans and supporters gather outside the Los Angeles County Courthouse on July 14, 2021, during a scheduled hearing in the Britney Spears guardianship case. While local fans have staged protests outside the courthouse, the online campaign spans globally, from Britain to the Philippines. — AFP

PARIS: When two comedians started a podcast about Britney Spears’s quirky Instagram posts, they had no idea it would fuel a global online movement uniting superfans with rights activists in outrage over the star’s legal situation.

Britney’s Gram began in 2017 as a lighthearted podcast in which hosts Tess Barker and Babs Gray dissected the eccentric mix of memes, selfies and dance videos posted on the singer's account.

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