Every now and then, a new face swap app appears that takes the internet by storm. For a couple of days, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are taken over by selfies that have been digitally altered to show us as older, younger or as a different gender.
There is something undeniably funny about snapping a selfie and then swapping our face with a friend’s, which is why these apps are so popular. But before long you will start to see pictures showing celebrities that have been altered. Later they will be followed by similar images of criminals, killers and despot dictators.
