Observed arrival · 2026-09-09
Scroll: A Field Guide to the Machines in Your Feed
An Australian guide explaining deepfakes, AI bots, and scrapers, with practical advice for protecting yourself and your images.
Field notes
The guide breaks its subject into deepfakes, automated accounts, and scrapers that harvest photos, artwork, and words. Its practical section names Glaze and Nightshade as free image-protection tools and gives a short visual-and-audio checklist for spotting fakes, including odd blinks, mismatched lighting, and voices slightly out of sync. A separate directory points Australian readers toward news, government services, eSafety, Beyond Blue, and other sources of help.
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