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Some of these overused pictures disturb me. What happens to non celebrities when thier picturre ends up everywhere? Like the African child who keeps saying "So you're telling me that…" Aparently we still don't know who he is. the women in the Photo is a legit aid worker though. imagine how she feels.

Memes pose a real ethical question when it comes to using images like these. We've already had memes blanked off the site because they used a persons likeness or photo without permission.

There's a very real line between internet fame and internet infamy, AKA potential cyberbully target. It's all up to the internet as a collective whole to understand when and where something is allowed to be shared, recognized, and/or mocked depending on context.

If you ask me, though, as a non-celebrity, I would hate to have my face recognized by the internet as whole if I were caught doing something people would laugh at en masse.