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04/26/2026

This is why I love Tab

04/26/2026

Yummy

04/04/2026

WOW the double standard is crazy

A white influencer is under fire after editing her face onto a Black woman’s body—then blaming AI when she got caught. But the woman whose image was stolen isn’t buying it.

Lauren Blake Boultier, who has over 1.6 million followers, posted a photo claiming she attended the Miami Open. But people quickly exposed the truth—the image was actually taken at the US Open in New York and originally belonged to Tatiana Elizabeth, a Black model who shared it in 2024.

Same setting. Same outfit. Same pose. Even the same wrist tattoo. The only thing changed? The face.

And it gets worse—social media monetization experts estimate that post likely generated upward of $14,000 in value.

So not only was the image taken… it was profited from.

Boultier later claimed a third-party AI agency was responsible, saying the post didn’t align with her values and that she takes “full responsibility.” She says she apologized privately and removed the image.

But Elizabeth isn’t convinced.

She called the apology insincere, saying it felt more like damage control than accountability. And she didn’t hold back:

Black women have long been copied, imitated, and used as “inspiration”—while being denied credit, recognition, and opportunity. What took her years of work to achieve was taken in an instant.

She made it clear—this isn’t just about one post. It’s about a pattern.

And while she doesn’t support harassment, she made one thing clear: the backlash didn’t come out of nowhere—it came from the action.

This situation highlights something deeper happening online: the rise of AI-driven “identity theft,” where faces are swapped, bodies are borrowed, and real people—especially Black creators—are erased from their own work.

This isn’t just editing.
This is erasure.
This is appropriation in a new digital form.

And people are no longer staying silent about it.

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03/27/2026

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03/07/2026

Hilarious 😂😂😂

02/11/2026

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02/10/2026

She is gorgeous & talented

01/04/2026

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12/31/2025

Love this 🖤

12/28/2025

Yes to everything

12/28/2025

She is so stylish