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>His tabloid then tweeted what looked like staged videos of Ms Peng having dinner at a restaurant with her coach and meeting children at a tennis event. Is the
by ipnon 5y ago
>His tabloid then tweeted what looked like staged videos of Ms Peng having dinner at a restaurant with her coach and meeting children at a tennis event.
Is the production of deepfakes by the world's largest internal security service outside the domain of plausibility? A smart programmer can crank one out in a weekend by themself. What can an entire cyber security bureau accomplish with the backing of the CCP?
- pphysch 5y agoa) Peng is represented by a deep faked body clone while she rots in a See See Pee blacksite. b) Washington media is blowing literally any scandal out of proportion in a propaganda blitz aimed at tarnishing Beijing 2022. Occam's Razor, anyone?
- AlexandrB 5y agoIt's funny, I tried applying Occam's Razor and was not able to find the simplest conclusion. Especially since in (b) "Washington media" should actually read "WTA and the women's tennis community".
- pphysch 5y agoPlease don't disingenuously pretend that you or 99% of the people unseriously frothing over this scandal are subscribed to WTA newsletters, and did not first hear about it from your corporate media sources.
- AlexandrB 5y agoI don't get how the method by which I learned of this is relevant to the reality of the situation. It's the WTA that's not satisfied with the "proof" offered for Peng Shuai's safety. And I'm not pretending anything. I never even mentioned where I learned of this. You seem very defensive.
- rectang 5y agoThe WTA is threatening to pull billions of dollars out of business out of China. The outcry is coming from all over the world, not just "Washington media". And if you believe the scandal is being "blown out of proportion", well there are a lot of us who disagree.
- pphysch 5y agoPropaganda is good business.
- lostdog 5y agoc) She was kept locked up and threatened, and was trotted out for a few hours here and there as a photo op to cover up her imprisonment.