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What does that tattoo mean? AI app decodes extremist political symbols
VizPol can help journalists spot far-right and white supremacist symbols like Odal rune tattoos and boogaloo igloo flags.
Demonstrators protest a white nationalist speech at the University of Florida in 2017.
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You probably have no trouble recognizing the Confederate flag or the LGBTQ rainbow flag. But the internet's many subcultures and communication conduits offer an endless supply of new symbols, and you may not know what to make of a Molon Labe patch or an igloo flag when you're at a protest or watching a news report about one.
That's why Columbia University researchers have built an app called VizPol that's designed to recognize such symbols using artificial intelligence and a phone's camera.
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