The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

Examples of AI-generated faces, not connected with the network of fake authors described in this news story. At least 19 fake personas were used to author op-eds published in dozens of mainly conservative publications, with AI-generated headshots of would-be authors used to trick targets into believing the writers were real people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

My friend, Manny Hernandez, founder of Tuiabetes Community and author of Ning for Dummies, let me know that today, November 14 is World Diabetes Day. He is using a tool called " Twibbon " that makes it easy for people to change their avatar to incorporate a visual for a particular cause. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Geoff Livingston invited me to keynote the conference along with Shel Israel , author of Twitterville. The context at Blogpotomac was the question, "Did turning your Twitter avatar green in support of the Iraniian protests" really mean anything. the desire people have to do something good without getting out of their chair". .

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.

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