China’s Internet Information Office website said this Thursday (18) that China wants to further tighten its control over Internet companies netizen voice will be included in the record.
China’s Internet surveillance system has long been comprehensively monitoring online speech, as for online voice, it is still a blind spot of the surveillance system, especially the recently popular CLUBHOUSE, where netizens are using altered voices to spread online. China’s State Internet Information Office and Ministry of Public Security have recently interviewed 11 companies, including Alibaba, NetEase Cloud Music and Tencent, in response to this phenomenon, with the aim of closing regulatory loopholes in this area.
China has further tightened its control over Internet companies. The website of the Internet Information Office of China said this Thursday (18) that in order to strengthen the security management of Internet information services and related new technologies and applications with public opinion attributes or social mobilization capabilities, regulate Internet information service activities, and effectively safeguard national security, social order and public interests, recently, the State Internet Information Office and the Ministry of Public Security instructed local Internet information departments and public security organs to strengthen their control over voice social software and social networking software involving “Deep forgery” technology of new Internet technology and new applications security assessment work.
11 Internet companies to cooperate with official stability
Ms. Ding, a Chinese Internet activist, said in an interview with the station the same day that the authorities’ move was intended to continue tightening control over Internet applications and to prepare for the next step of nationalizing these companies.
Ms. Ding said: I think the regulation is tightened again, the next one is for Tencent, Alibaba next step is to nationalize. Pan Shiyi unsold part, it is estimated that it can not take away (to the outside), now see if people go out.
The Internet Information Office said that in response to the recent failure to perform security assessment procedures of voice social software and applications involving “deep forgery” technology, the State Internet Information Office, the Ministry of Public Security guidance Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other local Internet information departments, public security organs interview Xiaomi, Racer, Byte Jumping, Himalaya, Alibaba, Netease The Ministry of Public Security instructed Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other local Internet information departments and public security organs to interview 11 enterprises, such as Xiaomi, Racer, Byte Jumping, Himalaya, Alibaba, NetEase, Tencent, etc., urging them to seriously carry out security assessments, improve risk prevention and control mechanisms and measures, and take “effective rectification measures” in a timely manner for the so-called “security hazards” found in the security assessments.
Customer or Internet user voice will be included in the record
In this regard, Mr. Zhan, a network technician, said in an interview with this station, the official content of the Internet has long had strict requirements, the voice of artificial intelligence technology for monitoring, but only to join the monitoring system in the network port.
Mr. Zhan said: such as Internet business enterprises involved in taking voice, human voice front-end, there is a mechanism, such as I send you voice information over, I send voice through the shake or other social software, he will first collect your initial voice as a record, deposited in his server, but this voice is not external, and the public security department will have an interface.
According to the professional explanation, the so-called “deep forgery” technology refers to the artificial intelligence technology of forging digital content through deep learning, which is essentially an intelligent processing technology of sound, image and video that can imitate a specific person or make a specific person appear to be doing a specific event. The effect can reach the degree of faking, known as the “PS technology in the field of audio and video”.
Mr. Zhan pointed out that in the future, China’s domestic cell phone software or network platform will collect personal data, while also collecting personal biological information, including the voice of Internet users.
Mr. Zhan said: equivalent to the public security organs, he has a recourse mechanism for you, did not expect to start implementing in this industry as well. I know public Internet places, such as Internet cafes, five-star hotels in the provision of Internet access to the computer, Internet supervision departments will have a mirror port at the data entrance, you must go in and out of the data port, that is, the Public Security Bureau data port.
Internet companies will submit test reports to the authorities
The Internet Information Office requires Internet information service providers to “carry out their own security assessments, be responsible for the results, and submit reports to the Internet information department and the public security authorities.” Chinese Internet activist Shenzhi told the station that the authorities’ request that Internet companies take the initiative to submit monitoring data to the authorities indicates that these private companies are joining the Chinese government’s monitoring system and becoming part of the government.
The Internet Information Office also said that in the next step, the State Internet Information Office and the Ministry of Public Security will continue to guide local Internet information departments and public security authorities to increase inspections and checks.
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