Allan Xia

Guest writer

Allan Xia is an 1.5 Gen Chinese New Zealand Artist, indie game dev, and founder of Chromacon New Zealand Indie Arts Festival. His website is http://www.allanxia.com and his Instagram is @paperpillow

The author as Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘Romeo + Juliet’, courtesy of new face-swap app ZAO

Deepfakes, face-swaps and the future of identity: Why the ZAO app went viral

Earlier this week, a Twitter thread showing the power of a new face-swap app attracted tens of thousands of retweets. The Auckland user behind the thread explains what ZAO is, and what it means for the future of privacy.

By Allan Xia | 5th September, 2019