Minting Xenophobia: What We Can Learn From the AP’s NFT Error

Minting Xenophobia: What We Can Learn From the AP’s NFT Error
The AP thought it was a good idea to sell NFTs, but then they tried to sell one with migrants in the image
Jamie Cohen
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Mar 11, 2022
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Massimo Sestini — 2014: Refugees crowded together on a boat off the coast of LibyaIn 2015, photographer Massimo Sestini documented refugees leaving their homelands for safety as they crossed the Mediterranean, hoping to seek asylum in Europe. Sestini’s photographs…
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Written by Jamie Cohen
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Digital culture expert and meme scholar. Cultural and Media Studies PhD. Internet studies educator: social good, civic engagement and digital literacies
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