Three years ago, lawyer Jordan van den Berg was an obscure TikTok creator who made videos that mocked real estate agents.

But today the 28-year-old is one of the most high-profile activists in Australia.

Posting under the moniker Purple Pingers, Mr van den Berg has been taking on the nation’s housing crisis by highlighting shocking renting conditions, poor behaviour from landlords, and what he calls government failures.

It is his vigilante-style approach - which includes helping people find vacant homes to squat in, and exposing bad rentals in a public database - that has won over a legion of fans.

Some have dubbed him the Robin Hood of renters.

  • @[email protected]
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    37 months ago

    Anyone is welcome to be here. Americans just aren’t allowed to make this another community dominated by American-centric news.

    Why is the “News” magazine for American news and not world news? Why is there no “American News” magazine?

    • @Mango
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      -57 months ago

      Did anyone say “American news here only”?

        • @Mango
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          -37 months ago

          Or you could POST one ya fucking bum!

          • @[email protected]
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            27 months ago

            Go ahead and show me how easy it is. Go post this news story over there and let me know how it goes.

            • @Mango
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              -47 months ago

              This isn’t world news. This is Australia specific news.