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An AI-generated image resembling Mia Goth spread on Instagram from a fan account bearing a blue verification badge, Rolling Stone reports. The account identified itself as a fan page, but the badge looked like the kind Instagram uses to identify notable people, the report says.
Why it mattersGoth’s spokesperson called the image’s circulation “disconcerting” in a statement to The Verge, according to Rolling Stone. The episode shows how a synthetic image and a hard-to-interpret badge can muddy who is really speaking. Verification, it seems, can verify the wrong impression.
Discuss: Should platforms make paid verification visibly different from identity checks, even if that means less uniform-looking badges?
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