AI or government mouthpiece? Human Rights Group Slam Slam on China’s data privacy and state campaign | Mint

Human rights activists and international experts have rapidly criticized China’s newly developed AI platform, Deepsek, amidst the concern that it facilitates the promotion of the state, suppresses sensitive discussions, and collects personal data. Marketing as an important technical success, the forum has investigated on moral and safety risks, the campaigners have warned of their ability to increase digital suppression.

The campaign for Uyghres, a major human rights organization, has raised an alarm about the data collection practices of Deepsac. The group alleges that AI aggressively stores user information including IP addresses and conversations on servers located in China, increasing the possibility of misuse by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Critics argue that such a system can be done to take advantage of and tighten the state’s digital monitoring mechanism.

Ragan Abbas, executive director of the campaign for Uyghurs, condemned the AI ​​platform on social media, warned of its implications. “It collects sensitive data that will benefit the CCP, known for human rights violations,” she said. “Chinese AI platform and apps are the dangers of fuel, including digital transnational suppression. We cannot ignore it. ,

Legal and technology experts have also weighed. A digital law expert in Switzerland, Jan Czarnocki, shared his own experience with Deepsek, described it as a tool to spread Chinese state narratives. Posting on the social media platform X, he revealed that efforts to engage AI in Discussion about China’s works in Xinjiang were met with denial or heavy scripted reactions. “Deepsek can be a technical success, but it is also a mouthpiece for Chinese propagation,” he wrote.

Czarnocki said how AI refrained from accepting a massacre against humanity in Xinjiang and a report of crimes, rather than that of offering pre-pre-offering reactions that reduce concerns. He urged that the open-source framework of Deepsek be withdrawn using accuracy and to reduce the dependence on Chinese-controlled APIs using verified information.

Additional investigation came from a US-based news and intelligence organization Open Source Intel, stating that Deepsek continuously refused to answer questions about the treatment of Uyghres.

The dispute around Deepsek has rely on the debate about the role of AI in state control and the erosion of free speech.