Overview

• Jiao Moumou, who posed as ‘Sister Hong’, has been detained in Nanjing on charges that carry life imprisonment or the death penalty for secretly recording and distributing private encounters.
• Authorities confirm at least 237 recordings since 2021 made without consent by using makeup, wigs and voice modulation to impersonate a female influencer.
• Investigators are examining unverified allegations of intentional HIV transmission and the possibility of underage victims as part of an expanding criminal inquiry.
• The suspect monetized sexual encounters and sold access to the recordings through subscription-based platforms like WeChat, QQ, Momo, Telegram, Douyin and X.
• The scandal has drawn more than 200 million views on Weibo and intensified demands for stricter identity verification and privacy safeguards on digital dating apps.