WeChat cracks down on AI celebrity impersonation: more than 3,000 accounts banned in one month

Recently, WeChat officially issued an announcement stating that in the process of maintaining the platform ecology and user rights and interests, it is paying special attention to the phenomenon of using artificial intelligence technology to impersonate celebrities for improper marketing. With the development of AI technology, some criminals have begun to use these technical means to impersonate celebrity identities for false publicity and improper marketing, seriously disrupting the order of the Internet.

In order to deal with this problem, the WeChat platform launched a concentrated crackdown based on user reports, daily inspections and other information. According to the latest data, in the past month, the WeChat platform has efficiently processed 12,091 pieces of illegal content and closed 3,281 accounts involving AI counterfeit celebrities. This series of measures effectively maintains the good ecology of the platform and ensures users’ safety and experience when using WeChat.

WeChat stated that they will continue to strengthen supervision over the use of AI technology to impersonate celebrities for illegal propaganda. In the future, WeChat will continue to optimize technical means, improve its technical governance capabilities, and curb the occurrence of such behavior from the source. At the same time, WeChat also encourages users to consciously abide by laws, regulations and platform rules, and jointly maintain a good network environment. For illegal content generated using AI synthesis technology, WeChat welcomes netizens to provide clues to assist in cracking down.

This series of measures taken by WeChat not only demonstrates its zero-tolerance attitude towards illegal activities, but also calls on users to be more vigilant and enhance their awareness of self-protection to prevent being harmed by illegal activities.