When A Deepfake Troller Becomes A Phenomenon
The standard definition of a phenomenon is “something or someone that attracts attention and admiration exceptional enough to create an emotional bond.” Undoubtedly, the making of an online phenomenon, especially on social media, is measured by its number of followers. Trolls loom as the agitators, troublemakers, and manipulation experts of the online world. While phenomena emanate a powerful magnetic field from a single source, trolls fire machine guns at certain targets to expand their gravitational field. It takes only one account to become a phenomenon, whereas trolls more often require multiple fake accounts to feed their appetite for chaos. No phenomenon, even with its hundreds of thousands of followers, could be considered saintly. Such fame inevitably comes with an ethical …
