From A-list CGI virtual influencers like Lil Miquela and Shudu back in the mid/late 2010s to the vernacular army of digital blackface empathy bait like Aliyahsbuckles reported here.
Zizi Li, Ph.D.
Threading some of my recent work below. Last month I reported on AI generated digital blackface on TikTok and Instagram: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Can race, guilt, and empathy get you to pay $40 for this $9 belt buckle on TikTok?
