Astronomer confirmed Cabot’s resignation to Forbes in an email, saying she is “no longer” with the company following the viral moment she shared with Byron.

Kristin Cabot, who many believe to have been in the footage with Byron, just resigned too, on July 24.

If there’s a lesson from so-called Coldplaygate, it’s the extent to which, during the past decade or so of digital culture, going viral has gone from being an aspirational goal to a form of punishmen...