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WeChat suspends controversial Chinese face-swapping app over security concerns

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WeChat suspends controversial Chinese face-swapping app over security concerns

Social media messaging platform, WeChat has suspended controversial Chinese face-swapping app Zao, over security risk concerns.

Zao went viral in China this weekend for its realistic face-swapping videos, but after controversy about its user policy, WeChat restricted access to the app on its messaging platform

WeChat raised concerns about the potential misuse of deepfake technology coupled with a clause (now deleted) in Zao’s terms of use that gave it full ownership and copyright to content uploaded or created on it, in addition to “completely free, irrevocable, perpetual, transferrable, and re-licensable rights”.

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Aware of the concerns raised, Zao issued a statement posted on its website on Sept. 1 saying it is aware of the privacy concern and was thinking about how to fix the problem.

“We completely understand everybody’s concerns about the privacy issue. We are aware of the issue and we are thinking about how to fix the problems, we need a little time,” the statement by Zao read in part.

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