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Chinese regulators summon domestic big tech on ‘deepfake’ technologies
- Thursday | 18th March, 2021
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese regulators recently summoned 11 domestic technology companies including Alibaba Group, Tencent and ByteDance for talks on use of ‘deepfake’ technologies on their content platforms, stepping up scrutiny of the sector. China has increased scrutiny of its internet giants in recent months, citing concerns over monopolistic behaviour and potential infringement of consumer rights. There has been a surge in China in copycats of the audio app Clubhouse since the US-based chat service was blocked in the country in early February. TikTok owner ByteDance is one of many companies working on Clubhouse-like apps for the Chinese market, Reuters reported earlier this month. Other new offerings include Kuaishou’s invitation-based Feichuan app and Xiaomi’s reworking of Mi Talk app into an invitation-only audio service targeted at professionals.
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