That message included a link to a video on Xiaohongshu, a social media platform rapidly gaining steam in China.
The student started her self-empowerment channel in November and has so far published eight videos and seven YouTube Shorts.
The Xiaohongshu deepfakes of other YouTubers do the same.
In a matter of about 10 minutes, BI found deepfake videos of at least five caucasian women on Xiaohongshu.
But at least one Chinese deepfake version of Blakely has a different agenda to share on Xiaohongshu.
Persons:
—, Olga Loiek, Loiek, Vladimir Putin, Loeik, Weibo, someone's, Lyu Siwei, it's, Haibing Lu, they've, Xiaohongshu, Natasha, she's, Annie, Sophia Elena, Katyusha, China, Lana Blakely, Blakely, Elizabeth Filips, Serbia, Filips, Lyu, Vincent Conitzer, Conitzer, Lu, Lyu who's, he's, Roy, Ari Lightman, she'll
Organizations:
Service, Business, Kremlin, YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook, Media, University at Buffalo, Santa Clara University, University of Pennsylvania, BI, Russia, Institute for, Oxford University, Social, Carnegie Mellon University
Locations:
Munich, China, Moscow, Ukraine, Santa, China's Heilongjiang, Germany, Xiaohongshu, Russian, Russia, Stockholm, Xiaohongshu London, Pakistan