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Chinese activist in UK told by X that abusive deepfakes do not breach rules
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A high-profile Chinese activist in the UK who was inundated with deepfake posts on X portraying her as a sexually promiscuous drug addict was told that the abuse did not breach the rules of Elon Musk’s platform.
Key facts
- Apple Peiqing Ni, the 27-year-old founder of the UK-based China Dissent Network, had been advised by UK police to complain to the US-headquartered platform after she was targeted by what she believes
- The abuse included 12 posts tagging Ni and containing fake photographs and videos
- The posts on X followed Ni posting that she would be joining a commemoration of the Tiananmen massacre on 4 June in Sutton, south London
- X agreed to review and assess UK suspected illegal terrorist and hate content on average within 24 hours of it being reported, but Ni said there appeared to be a lack of interest in cracking down
Summary
Apple Peiqing Ni, the 27-year-old founder of the UK-based China Dissent Network, had been advised by UK police to complain to the US-headquartered platform after she was targeted by what she believes is a pro-regime bot. The abuse included 12 posts tagging Ni and containing fake photographs and videos of her. One post also incorrectly said, and celebrated, that Ni had been “beaten badly on the red streets of London while protesting with other anti-China groups”. That claim appeared to be a reference to an attack by masked men on a male activist last March at a sit-in on Trafalgar Square organised by Ni.