台风Noul周末在中国登陆之际，大量AI生成的虚假视频在网络上传播，加剧了公众恐慌。[1]这些虚假内容包括伪造的死亡图像、虚假淹水场景和假冒的应急响应措施。[1]7月初广西衡州市洪水事件后，有虚假视频声称鳄鱼被放入河中，[1]同时虚假停电信息也导致居民恐慌性抢购应急用品。[1]
针对这一现象，浙江公安部门副处长黄志华指出："许多内容创作者利用灾难新闻获得粉丝，故意编造信息。"[1]专家警告称，AI技术大幅降低了制造虚假信息的技术门槛。[1]中国网信办于7月23日宣布启动全国范围内打击与洪水和其他灾害相关的虚假网络内容的行动。[1]违法者可能面临罚款至最高7年监禁的处罚。[1]律师彼得·庞表示："平台是第一道防线，因为它们是助长者，"[1]强调了社交媒体平台在遏制虚假信息传播中的关键角色。
As Typhoon Noul made landfall in China over the weekend, the country faced an intensifying challenge from artificially generated misinformation spreading across social media [1]. False videos depicting death scenes, fabricated flooding footage, and fake emergency response content proliferated online, triggering public panic and spurring residents to hoard emergency supplies [1]. Following flooding in Hengzhou, Guangxi in early July, viral videos falsely claimed that crocodiles had been released into rivers [1], while another wave of misleading posts about power outages drove communities to rush stores for supplies [1].
Chinese authorities have escalated enforcement efforts to counter the crisis. On July 23, the Cyberspace Administration announced a nationwide campaign against false online content related to floods and other disasters [1]. Violators face potential penalties ranging from fines to imprisonment for up to seven years [1]. Huang Zhihua, a deputy division chief from Zhejiang's public security bureau, stated that "many content creators exploit disaster news to gain followers by deliberately fabricating information" [1]. Experts warn that artificial intelligence has dramatically lowered technical barriers to producing false content; according to a commentary by Professor Chen Bin published in the Chinese Communist Party's Central Party School newspaper, "AI has significantly reduced the threshold for creating misinformation" [1]. With over 6,000 AI companies operating in China, the technology's accessibility has made controlling false narratives increasingly difficult [1]. Lawyer Peter Pong emphasized that "platforms are the first line of defense, as they are enablers" of such content [1].