X tells Chinese activist in UK that deepfake abuse targeting her does not violate platform rules
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Daniel Boffey
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Summary
Chinese activist Apple Peiqing Ni, founder of the UK-based China Dissent Network, was targeted by deepfake posts on X (formerly Twitter) portraying her as a sexually promiscuous drug addict. Despite UK police advising her to report the abuse to the platform, X told her the content did not breach its rules. Ni believes she was targeted by a pro-regime bot network after posting about the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledApple 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.
The captions variously described her as having 'chronically chaotic sexual rela'
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