[The Epoch Times, May 14, 2022](Comprehensive report by The Epoch Times reporter Li Jing) Recently, it is known as the “China Edition”Musk“of”Ma Yilong“The Weibo account was banned. Most of the videos it had previously posted imitating Musk had been deleted.
A few days ago, some netizens discovered that “hitting the face” of the world’s richest man,TeslaFounder’s “China Edition”Musk”——“Ma Yilong“Weibo account has been banned.
The Epoch Times reporter found that “Ma Yilong”‘s Weibo page shows: “The user is currently banned from speaking due to violation of the community convention.”
This Chinese internet celebrity, who resembles Musk, recently opened a Weibo account with the name “Ma Yilong”, and its IP territory is shown as Hebei Province.He posted on social mediaTeslaThe video of the car and the Twitter logo together has become popular at home and abroad, and has recently caught the attention of Musk.
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On May 9, a netizen posted a comparison of photos of Musk himself and “Ma Yilong”, and asked Musk: “Are we going to deploy a Chinese version of Musk as bait?”
Musk replied: “I want to meet this person (if he is real). Considering the current deep face-changing technology, it is difficult to tell (whether this is a real person or not).” On May 10, “Ma Yilong” in He responded on Weibo: “I’m here, I want to see you too, I like you. You are my hero.”
Because of his resemblance to Musk, some netizens questioned that “Ma Yilong” used deepfake technology (Deepfake) to change his face. Deepfake is an advanced technology that allows anyone to modify the video and put one person’s face on another person’s face. . Some countries are stepping up their efforts to crack down on deepfakes because the technology could be misused to spread fake news or cause nuisance.
At present, most of the videos that “Ma Yilong” posted on his Weibo following Musk’s model have been deleted.
Responsible editor: Sun Yun#