It's a Saturday, which is as good a time as any to look at a small network of antivax accounts using GAN-generated face pics (similar to those produced by thispersondoesnotexist.com). #SaturdayShenaniGANs
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This network consists of 12 accounts created in November/December 2021 with GAN-generated profile pics. 8 of the 12 images have a grid of dots superimposed on the GAN-generated face for unknown reasons. The accounts tweet via the Twitter Web App in both Dutch and English.
GAN-generated face pics (so far) have the property that the major facial features (particularly the eyes) are in the same position on each image, regardless of the angle of the head. This becomes apparent when the images are blended together.
This diagram shows the interactions (replies/retweets/quote tweets/follows) between the 12 accounts in the network. Only one of the accounts (@leo_sikking) has interacted with all of the other accounts in the network.
Most of the accounts in the network have been silent for the last month or so, but two of them (@HermanusSchott1 and @leo_sikking) are still fairly active and have tweeted here and there in support of antivax truck convoys in both Canada and the Netherlands.
More on identifying GAN-generated faces:
A bunch more threads about GAN-generated faces and their use on (mostly) Twitter:
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