""Whoever the fuck is changing this fucking Wikipedia picture to this picture, stop!" she said on TikTok. "I will never stop changing that picture to a nice one. I will never stop. You can stop, because I will never stop." She and a friend then searched through photos of herself until finding a suitably cunty one to submit to Wikipedia. "This is the one that I want," she said, pointing to a picture that is now her image on Wiki."
"Larsson's hacktivism was noticed by the editors of Wikipedia. In the revision history for Larsson's page, there is substantial activity on the night of February 19. "TF happening rn?" one entry reads. In response, someone changes Larsson's photo to the one she requested with this note: "Recent flood of vandalism was caused by the article subject posting on TikTok requesting this image be used instead of the previous one. Feel free to revert if controversial.""
Painfully unflattering Wikipedia images often plague celebrities. On February 19, Zara Larsson publicly objected via TikTok to an unflattering Wikipedia photo and vowed to keep replacing it. She and a friend searched through photos until they found a more flattering image and submitted it. Wikipedia revision history shows a surge of edits that night, including an entry asking "TF happening rn?" and a note attributing the flood of vandalism to Larsson's TikTok post. An editor applied the requested photo with a note allowing reversion if controversial, and the chosen image appears to be sticking.
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