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a man was taken criminal coercive measures by xiamen police for using ai technology to spread rumors

2024-08-29

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it home reported on august 29 that the fujian internet police disclosed today that a man used ai technology to create rumors, mislead public perception, and disrupt social order in order to attract fans and make illegal profits. the xiamen haicang police have taken criminal coercive measures against him.

it home attached case details:

in june this year, xiamen police received a report that an account named "xiao yi sees the world" on an internet platform had posted a video with pictures and texts: "a 70-year-old man in huayang town, wuhua county, guangdong province was beaten into a coma, and his grandson jumped into the river to commit suicide. the attacker was sentenced to nine years and ten months in the first instance."

▲ image source: fujian internet police official wechat account

once the video was released, it quickly attracted the attention of a large number of netizens. after investigation and analysis by the police, it was found that the graphic and text content of the video was a fabricated online rumor, and the rumor maker ren was arrested on the evening of june 13.

according to ren's confession, this several-minute-long video with both sound and color was synthesized entirely by ai. he searched the website list for eye-catching titles, then used an automatic generation tool to generate articles with false content, and automatically generated pictures based on the content of the articles to form a fake video. he published it on social platforms to attract traffic and increase the number of fans of the video account, and then made illegal profits based on the traffic profit rules of the video account.

ren posted information closely related to people's livelihood and added exaggerated storylines, curious titles, and various false information to gain the attention and likes of netizens, thereby achieving the purpose of traffic monetization and increasing fans. currently, ren has been taken criminal compulsory measures by xiamen haicang police in accordance with the law.