SurveillanceHigh
Reported AI-Assisted Influence Campaigns by GoLaxy Allegedly Targeting Hong Kong and Taiwan Political Discourse
- Occurred
- Jun 30, 2020
- Published
- Aug 6, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Reportedly leaked documents reviewed by researchers and media allege that Chinese firm GoLaxy used its "GoPro" AI system in multiple influence campaigns. In 2020, it reportedly tracked 180,000 Twitter accounts to counter opposition to Hong Kong's National Security Law; in 2022–2023, it amplified praise for China's Zero Covid policy using purportedly fake Facebook accounts; and in late 2023, allegedly it advised on messaging to weaken Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party.
Developers
- GoLaxy
Deployers
- GoLaxy
Harmed parties
- General public of Taiwan
- General public of Hong Kong
- Civil rights
- Democratic integrity
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 80%
Rationale: AI used for political influence campaigns involving tracking and fake accounts constitutes surveillance and manipulation.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8