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Pixelization of a child's face for purposes of identity protection and privacy
Pixelization of a child's face for purposes of identity protection and privacy
Credit: Robert Lawton

Pixelization is a video- and image-editing technique where an image, or part of it, is blurred by displaying part or all of it at a markedly lower resolution. A familiar example of pixelization can be found in television news and documentary productions, where vehicle license plates and faces of suspects at crime scenes are routinely obscured to maintain the presumption of innocence, as in the television series COPS.