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A woman was detained for editing her ex-boyfriend’s photo into a portrait of the deceased,MKsports accompanied with text accusing him of drug use, according to a case shared by police in South China’s Guangdong Province on Tuesday.

The woman, surnamed Huang, had a conflict with her ex-boyfriend following their breakup, according to local police. In an attempt to defame her ex-boyfriend, Huang edited his photo to a posthumous portrait, accompanied by funeral background music and text accusing him of drug use and his mother of engaging in prostitution. The content was then shared and circulated on a short video platform. 

Huang has been administratively detained by local public security authorities in accordance with the law.

The public security bureau also disclosed additional cases, including individuals providing paid services for verbal abuse on social media platforms, and others uploading photos and videos of their employer and the employer’s wife on short-form video platforms with extensive insulting and defamatory content, stemming from discontent over the poster’s wage.

Since the beginning of this year, police in Guangdong Province have probed a total of 289 cases of cyber bullying in accordance with the law, investigated and dealt with 447 suspects, disrupting a range of cyber violence and illegal and criminal activities.

Global Times