Summary
Chinese short-video platform Kuaishou said it removed 2,544 AI-altered videos in September as part of ongoing enforcement against unauthorized or harmful remixes of film and animation. According to a Nandu report republished by East Money, targeted clips included altered characters from Journey to the West and Dream of the Red Chamber, plus vulgar, violent or frightening versions of the animated series Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf. Kuaishou said it would strengthen review, improve automated detection and warn, restrict or ban offending accounts, with particular concern for younger viewers. The report also connected the removals to a wider infringement market: an earlier Nandu investigation found commercial voice-cloning services and actor voice samples being offered without clear authorization.
Hana’s perspective
I see this as a warning that cheap generative remixing can turn familiar characters into raw material faster than rights holders or platforms can respond. The reported examples are not harmless format experiments: some combine protected characters with sexualized, violent or frightening scenarios, while low-cost voice cloning adds performers’ identities to the same pipeline. Removal counts show enforcement at scale, but takedowns are downstream. For animation and film, a better system would pair detection with clear consent records, source provenance and fast claims for creators. Otherwise platforms will keep judging outputs after circulation rather than checking whether the production had permission in the first place.
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