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Chinese Authorities detained two men on suspicion of spreading false information claiming two giant panda According to police, it had successfully mated in the wild.
Authorities said they launched the investigation after receiving reports of online accounts circulating false screenshots about the city. ChengduChinese media quoted a statement from the Chengdu Municipal Public Security Bureau.
The image was captioned: “Chengdu: Two male Sichuan giant pandas successfully mate in the wild for the first time.”
The statement said that the police only revealed that the two men, named Dong, 29 years old, from Liaoning Province, and Gao, 33 years old, from Zhejiang Province, were found to have “deliberately distorted facts” and used “technical means” to forge images.
Authorities said the two posted fabricated content online to attract attention, leading police to say “false interpretations spread widely”, disrupting online order and causing “negative social impact.”
Both men were placed under administrative detention and their online accounts were closed under laws prohibiting the spread of false information and disturbing public order, police said.
The case was first reported by Chinese state media global timesThe company said this statement was false and that the male giant pandas in Chengdu did not engage in same-sex mating. Chengdu is home to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, a major panda conservation center.
washington post The image circulating online appeared to have been generated or altered using artificial intelligence and was widely shared on social media before being deleted, the report said.
Chinese authorities did not mention the panda’s gender in official statements and characterized the detentions as fabricated news and online misinformation.
China’s internet is heavily censored and controlled, and the country has strict laws against the spread of AI-generated misinformation. In 2023, Chinese police arrested a man who allegedly used ChatGPT to create a fake news article about a train accident.