China Is Rushing to Develop Its AI-Powered Censorship System

China is rushing to develop its AI-powered censorship system

Powered by new technology, Chinese political propaganda is going globalOriginally published on Global VoicesImage created by Oiwan Lam via Canva Pro. The rapid development of AI has triggered controversy surrounding copyright and big data in most parts of the world. In China, the trend of automated censorship is more worrisome, as it enables the transformation of the authoritarian regime's passive censorship practice into the proactive shaping o…

China's AI Sweep Fizzles - China Media Project

At the end of April, China’s top internet control body, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), launched one of its regular “Clear and Bright” purification campaigns, this time against AI abuses online. The campaign, the administration said, would target gaps in AI safety, including vulnerabilities in data security, unregistered AI services and tutorials teaching internet users how to use AI illegally. These tutorials cover “one click undr…