Chinese activist in UK told by X that abusive deepfakes do not breach rules

Ni, who moved to the UK in 2019 to study, was targeted by what she believes is a pro-regime bot. Ni, who moved to the UK in 2019 to study, was targeted by what she believes is a pro-regime bot. A high-profile Chinese activist in the UK who was inundated with deepfake posts on X portraying her as a sexually promiscuous drug addict was told that the abuse did not breach the rules of Elon Musk's platform. Apple Peiqing Ni, the 27-year-old founder of the UK-based China Dissent Network, had been advised by UK police to complain to the US-headquartered platform after she was targeted by what she believes is a pro-regime bot. The abuse included 12 posts tagging Ni and containing fake photographs and videos of her.