China’s new face-swapping app Zao gets whiplash-fast privacy backlash

Launched on Friday and viral practically right off the bat, the brand-new, AI-outfitted, deepfake face-swapping app Zao can swap users’ photos to those of celebrities zippity quick. And just as fast as greased lightning, the app got itself banned from China’s top messaging app service, WeChat, after its meteoric rise in China’s app stores was countered by a fierce privacy backlash.

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