3 d. ago China pupil suffers mental breakdown after watching horror film at school

A Chinese student who suffered a mental breakdown after watching a horror film during a self-study session has won a legal case against her school. A court has ordered the school’s insurance provider to pay 9,182 yuan (US$1,300) in compensation. The incident took place in October 2023 at a school in Hengzhou, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, southern China. As the assigned teacher was on temporary leave, the class was held as a self-study session. During this period, some students...

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2 w. ago ‘AI censorship’ of Together raises new fears for future of Chinese LGBTQ film

When the horror film Together reached Chinese cinemas in mid-September, a scene featuring a same-sex wedding did not survive intact: one of the two men’s faces was digitally altered to turn him into a woman. Although film censorship is nothing new in China, this incident triggered a fierce backlash and calls for a boycott – both for the attempts to erase LGBTQ identity and allegations that artificial intelligence had been used to make the change. Although the distributors delayed the release of...

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2 w. ago ‘AI censorship’ of Together raises new fears for future of Chinese LGBTQ films

When the horror film Together reached Chinese cinemas in mid-September, a scene featuring a same-sex wedding did not survive intact: one of the two men’s faces was digitally altered to turn him into a woman. Although film censorship is nothing new in China, this incident triggered a fierce backlash and calls for a boycott – both for the attempts to erase LGBTQ identity and allegations that artificial intelligence had been used to make the change. Although the distributors delayed the release of...

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3 w. ago China opens digital yuan operations centre to bolster internationalisation

China is stepping up efforts to encourage the use of its digital yuan in cross-border payments and overseas markets, offering an alternative amid an international frenzy over stablecoins, as it aims to reshape the global financial architecture now dominated by the US dollar. China’s international operations centre for the digital yuan opened in Shanghai on Thursday, with the People’s Bank of China highlighting three platforms designed to accelerate the internationalisation of the digital Chinese...

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3 w. ago ‘Inclusive, innovative’: China ups push for digital yuan internationalisation

China is stepping up efforts to encourage the use of its digital yuan in cross-border payments and overseas markets, offering an alternative amid an international frenzy over stablecoins, as it aims to reshape the global financial architecture now dominated by the US dollar. China’s international operations centre for the digital yuan opened in Shanghai on Thursday, with the People’s Bank of China highlighting three platforms designed to accelerate the internationalisation of the digital Chinese...

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3 w. ago U.S. film company condemns edit of horror film in China to make a gay couple straight

U.S. film company condemns edit of horror film in China to make a gay couple straight  CBC

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3 w. ago Chinese studio criticized for using AI to make gay couple straight in body horror film

Chinese studio criticized for using AI to make gay couple straight in body horror film  NBC News

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3 w. ago Together: Australian film altered in China to make gay couple straight

Together: Australian film altered in China to make gay couple straight  BBC

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4 w. ago Horror film digitally altered in China to make gay couple straight

Horror film digitally altered in China to make gay couple straight  The Guardian

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4 w. ago China turns gay couple straight with AI in Dave Franco film 'Together'

China turns gay couple straight with AI in Dave Franco film 'Together'  Out Magazine

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