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ByteDance's AI Chatbot Fuels Controversial Deepfake Campaign

2/26/2026

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Doubao, ByteDance's AI chatbot, enables deepfake images that critics call "digital public shaming" of women.
The feminist group Free Nora describes a widespread social-media campaign using Doubao to produce non-consensual pornographic images of women.
Free Nora says regulatory measures in China remain inadequate.
ByteDance has not responded to requests for comment from the South China Morning Post.
Doubao has 155 million weekly active users.

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Doubao, ByteDance's AI chatbot, enables deepfake images that critics call "digital public shaming" of women.
The feminist group Free Nora describes a widespread social-media campaign using Doubao to produce non-consensual pornographic images of women.
Free Nora says regulatory measures in China remain inadequate.
ByteDance has not responded to requests for comment from the South China Morning Post.
Doubao has 155 million weekly active users.