The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

The most important characteristic is that each image is uniquely generated, meaning they can’t be traced back to a source picture (and thus quickly proved to be a fake) using a reverse image search. Others, though, just use stolen avatars. However, the current generation of AI headshots isn’t flawless. Take "Joseph Labba" here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Google social search. The context at Blogpotomac was the question, "Did turning your Twitter avatar green in support of the Iraniian protests" really mean anything. Debbas who was in Iran at the time, risking his life said, "It helped because I didn't want to die anonymously and we can discredit raising awareness.".

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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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