Democratic Progressive Party caucus whip Ker Chien-ming has reported a video seeming to show him speaking negatively about his own party as a deepfake. Ker says the video was created to sow division in Taiwan's society three controversial changes to three laws last week.
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00:00The minority leader, Ke Jianming, is calling a video of himself on TikTok a deepfake.
00:06In the video, a person who appeared to be Ke made negative comments about his own party,
00:11the Democratic Progressive Party.
00:30After these few days, Taiwan's three camps have been set up. They can do whatever they want.
00:38The three bills they passed by the government are to completely kill Taiwan's democracy, to destroy Taiwan.
00:46Ke was referring to amendments to three laws that passed with strong support from the opposition,
00:52Kuomintang, on Friday. Critics of the amendments have accused the KMT of catering to China
00:57by altering the country's democratic systems.
01:00Police are investigating the origins of the video and urge the public not to share it.
01:05It is illegal to create and disseminate fake videos in Taiwan.