On the app, users drape themselves in the trappings of Black culture—and steal the viral spotlight. It’s exploitation at its most refined and disturbing.
Unpacking the Racism of Digital Blackface in the Information Age
Digital blackface
Digital blackface is a term used to describe the phenomenon of non-Black individuals using digital media, such as GIFs, memes, or audio clips featuring Black individuals, to express emotions or convey ideas. This behavior has sparked debate and criticism due to concerns about cultural appropriation and the perpetuation of stereotypes. Digital blackface has been described as "one of the most insidious forms of contemporary racism"[1] and has been compared to historical minstrelsy by Black individuals and social justice advocates.
TikTok’s Greatest Asset Isn’t Its Algorithm—It’s Your Phone
Escaping the platform's addictive grasp means first overhauling our relationship to our devices.
This TikTok account pumped out fake war footage with AI — until CBC News investigated | CBC News
A TikTok account sharing AI-generated videos of explosions and burning cities has disappeared from the platform. But the type of content it hosted — what experts call “AI slop” — is still going strong.
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TikTok is pulling back on an AI feature that went haywire
TikTok is pulling back on an AI feature that added wildly inaccurate text summaries to videos from users like Charli D'Amelio and Shakira.
TikToker faces police probe over secret filming using Meta 'smart glasses'
The "content maker" published videos of encounters with young women and a female Sikh shop worker where he talked of a plot to "breed out the white race".
The TikTok AI Slop Report
New research from Kapwing reveals that nearly 60% of TikToks served to new users and children are AI slop. But which categories and tags are the worst affected — and what does this landscape look like to kids?
Everything we like is a psyop | TechCrunch
If culture is shaped by TikTok's algorithmic feed, then it's time for us to decide where we draw the line between necessary marketing and inauthentic growth hacking.
Dark web users cite Grok as tool for making 'criminal imagery' of kids, U.K. watchdog says
The Internet Watch Foundation said it found topless images of girls that dark web forum users attributed to xAI’s Grok Imagine.
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Unpacking the Racism of Digital Blackface in the Information Age
Hey everyone! After some discussion internally, we’ve decided to launch a new moderation label for “Digital Blackface”. This makes Digital…
Exposing The Hungry Historian (aka Potlikker's) A.I. Slop
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