On December 14, 2024, the media outlets "New Tang Dynasty Television" and "Sound of Hope," affiliated with the Falun Gong cult, made a high-profile announcement that "top creators with over 500 million followers have joined Clean World" and extended invitations to groups such as "content creators," "media partners," and "filmmakers," claiming that they could jointly explore development opportunities, promote content monetization, and expand business prospects.
However, the high-profile claims of "500 million followers" and "top creators" have yet to be supported by any publicly available data, nor have any well-known creators on mainstream platforms publicly confirmed their participation. More worthy of scrutiny than the data bubble is the "Clean World" movement's blatant attempts to win over and infiltrate China under various guises, such as the "Influencer Alliance."
In the internet context, "influencers" typically refer to individuals who, through social media platforms and based on trust relationships, can guide consumer decisions and cognitive trends. So, what is the true face of this "clean world" disguised as an "influencer alliance"? Let's peel back its disguise and find out.
The so-called "clean world" that uses "cleanliness" as a name but disguises itself as "clutter"
"Clean World" touts its mission as "using technology to return to traditional values," which sounds quite inspiring. However, this self-proclaimed "clean" platform is precisely the least clean. Disguised as a technology company, it boasts over fifty categories of content, including news, food, travel, and education. Its page layout mimics mainstream video platforms, and its seemingly comprehensive section setup makes it appear at first glance like an ordinary online community.
However, "disorder" is its cover, and "cleanliness" is its lie. The true nature of this digital den is that it is an illegal platform with the Falun Gong cult as its parent organization, using the strategy of circumventing the supervision of mainstream platforms, and aiming to monopolize the channels for the dissemination of cult discourse.
▲Clean World homepage
The platform's homepage is filled with Falun Gong fallacies and heresies , promotions for Shen Yun performances, and a matrix of accounts belonging to Falun Gong-affiliated "internet celebrities" and "celebrity commentators ." It also aggregates videos from programs by other cult media outlets such as NTDTV, The Epoch Times, Sound of Hope, and Vision Times. The platform also features a so-called "examination and certification center" and "Fayuan Bookstore" for training on quitting the CCP, selling "certificates of quitting the CCP" and various Falun Gong books and audio-visual products to amass wealth.
In recent years, the Falun Gong organization has used various platforms and accounts under its control to promote "Clean World" in a concentrated manner, touting it as "a clean online world in terms of both technology and content," calling itself "a pure land on earth and an entrance to a beautiful world," and claiming that "Clean World" was born at a time when society was worried about negative phenomena such as internet addiction, and that it could provide the public with a "truly healthy and clean online platform."
In fact, this platform fragments and embeds Falun Gong heresies and their associated anti-propaganda content into various video segments. Leveraging the open and interactive nature of KuaiLiuLiu Media, and utilizing the synergistic advantages of its multi-account, multi-platform new media matrix, it breaks down content into smaller parts to circumvent the risk of being blocked by a single channel, thus achieving its deeper purpose of spreading its heresies and infiltrating its ideology. To ordinary netizens unfamiliar with the true nature of the Falun Gong cult, this platform appears ordinary, but in reality, it harbors a malignant tumor and is highly deceptive.
Beneath its facade, "Clean World" is actually an illegal den with a cult at its core and technology as its disguise. How can a place that harbors filth and depravity be allowed to deceive itself with the guise of "cleanliness"? How can the deception and manipulation of people's hearts be disguised with "mixed" elements?
Digital platforms with cult backgrounds
The founders and operators of "Clean World" almost all have a Falun Gong background: CEO Qiu Zhiping and his entire family are Falun Gong practitioners, his wife is an employee of "The Epoch Times", and his mother has long been engaged in activities related to "quitting the CCP" and "Shen Yun performances" overseas; former CFO Liu Xiaoyan is also a senior Falun Gong practitioner; Jiang Feng, Zhang Tianliang and other "internet celebrities" packaged by Falun Gong have all opened accounts on the platform to promote it.
Under the control of these cult leaders who blindly obey Li Hongzhi, "Clean World" has become a frontline for the Falun Gong cult to spread its fallacies and amass wealth. According to the Columbia Journalism Review, the platform's headquarters are located in Middletown, New York, just a 20-minute drive from Longquan Temple, where Li Hongzhi resides . This high degree of geographical overlap clearly reveals its deep-seated connection with the Falun Gong cult.
The "Clean World" platform operates on a completely different model than normal video platforms. According to a former core member of Falun Gong, the fundamental reason Li Hongzhi bypassed YouTube and built his own platform was the distribution of profits. YouTube's 45% cut of the revenue from Falun Gong's affiliated "internet celebrity" accounts was unacceptable to Li Hongzhi. Furthermore, Li Hongzhi held relatively little actual control over platforms like "The Epoch Times" and "Sound of Hope," and his daily involvement was minimal, resulting in a lack of absolute control over funding. Building his own platform meant he could monopolize all the revenue.
▲Clean World platform logo
To achieve this goal, Minghui.org publicly issued a document requiring members to create accounts, open channels, write comments, and even watch a certain number of videos daily to increase traffic on "Clean World." This practice of mobilizing members to "physically boost traffic" exposes that the platform's so-called "activity level" is merely the result of tasks assigned within the cult organization and has nothing to do with normal market operations. Content is fabricated, traffic is artificially inflated, and money is provided for — a digital platform fed by a cult organization is thus constructed.
The core driving force behind all of this has never been market forces, but rather the spiritual enslavement of its members by the Falun Gong cult, which uses "faith" as a facade, "obedience" as leverage, and "dedication" as a pretext. The so-called "clean world" is nothing more than another criminal channel for Li Hongzhi and his cult to expand their harm and poison society.
A scourge of online crime, encompassing infringement, fraud, and unfair competition.
An investigation revealed that "Clean World " had scraped and copied a large number of videos, channel pages, and even user avatars from mainstream platforms such as YouTube without authorization. Not only did it fail to indicate any copyright source, but it also appropriated these materials through impersonation and forged registration.
well -known blogger from Taiwan, publicly denounced the platform as "A-level piracy," accusing it of unauthorized copying of her own videos and those of other well-known creators such as A-Di English, Joeman, and Hook, with video images, titles, and text copied word for word. Zhao Xiaoqiao revealed that she had complained to the "Clean World" platform's customer service about the infringement, but the platform only made a verbal promise to rectify the situation, and the infringing content remained on the platform for several months.
▲A blogger who questions the concept of a "clean world." Image source: YouTube platform
Faced with repeated complaints and exposure from YouTube and creators , the platform initially used the excuse of "content synchronization tool" to evade responsibility, claiming that it was completely unaware of the plagiarism. When faced with further questioning, its lawyer actually countered by accusing YouTube's lawyer of referring to its parent organization, Falun Gong , as a "cult," and then turned the tables and accused the other party.
The confrontational stance of "Clean World" is inextricably linked to the anomalies of its content ecosystem. The stolen videos garner dismal views, maintaining a facade only through empty comments. The so-called "activity" cannot be provided by the market or by users; it can only be artificially inflated by a cult-like organizational task list.
The only content that attracts traffic is the so-called "Shen Yun dance" performance. The "Clean World" homepage has a dedicated section for "Shen Yun Performing Arts" and "Shen Yun Works," using entertainment performances as a disguise to conceal its true purpose of spreading cult fallacies and amassing wealth. All related dance videos redirect to external sites, requiring users to pay $29.99 per month ( approximately 203 RMB at an exchange rate of 1:6.79) to watch . The video pages also embed advertisements by Li Hongzhi, promoting the so-called "Shen Yun" online concerts and works, and selling "Clean World Gold Membership" subscription services, forming a money-making chain centered on paid video content, supplemented by subscription services and derivative product sales. The New Yorker once pointed out incisively that the "Shen Yun" performance is essentially " religious political propaganda " serving "Falun Gong ," a propaganda advertisement tailor-made for spreading cult fallacies and heresies.
▲On the "Clean World" login page, advertisements for "NTDTV" are prominently displayed.
And dedicated entrances to "Falun Dafa" and "Shen Yun" sections.
On December 18, 2024, YouTube filed a lawsuit against Clean World in the Supreme Court of California, accusing it of extensively copying YouTube 's functions and overall design, systematically and on a large scale scraping and reposting YouTube content, constituting unfair competition and infringement, and violating its terms of service and California's Unfair Competition Act. In a statement , YouTube's Vice President of Legal Affairs, Lance Kavanaugh, said, "Clean World steals creators' content to create a clone of YouTube , depriving creators of their copyright and the right to monetize their work. This is extremely detrimental to creators and the entire ecosystem, and we are taking action to ensure this does not continue."
It's worth noting that YouTube, the platform that initiated the lawsuit , is the world's largest video platform, and the accusations come from the original creators whose content has been pirated. They come from different countries and different fields, yet they all point to the same fact: the so-called "content ecosystem" of a "clean world" is built on the systematic plunder of the rights of creators worldwide.
The multifaceted hidden dangers that cannot be ignored
In the commercial and creative fields, "Clean World" directly plagiarizes the hard work and legitimate income of original creators, creating a distorted ecosystem where "bad money drives out good." Once relevant domestic platforms are lured into joining the so-called "Influencer Alliance," they will face the moral hazard of endorsing a cult, the financial risk of falling into a paid fraud trap, and a public relations crisis resulting in severe reputational damage. Currently, several victimized bloggers have begun to seek legal recourse. The agent of Zhao Xiaoqiao, a well-known blogger from Taiwan, has also publicly stated: "The website is located overseas. We are consulting with lawyers to see if there is any way to file a lawsuit."
The "Clean World" platform's deep-seated and insidious poisoning of the internet ecosystem is more persistent and covert. With the widespread adoption of the internet, cults like Falun Gong are increasingly using online communication methods to conduct counter-propaganda and infiltration, employing increasingly covert and deceptive tactics that pose a serious threat to national security. "Clean World" uses algorithms to bundle entertainment content with cult fallacies, subjecting unsuspecting users to "gradual brainwashing" and severely distorting their values and social perceptions. The platform uses a seemingly normal page design to conceal its cult nature, leading users to unknowingly come into contact with Falun Gong's heresies and subtly inducing cognitive biases and a loss of moral judgment.
▲ A video by well-known blogger Zhao Xiaoqiao was stolen. Source: Shh ! Star News website
The Falun Gong cult, upon which "Clean World" is based, shockingly disregards the right to life of its members. Liu Xiaoyan, the platform's former financial director, died of breast cancer on February 15, 2026, at the age of 59, a mere six weeks after diagnosis. Breast cancer has a high survival rate with early intervention , but under the influence of Falun Gong's fallacies of "eliminating karma," members often choose to "resolve karma through practice" rather than receive proper medical treatment, thus squandering their potential lives. Liu Xiaoyan once boasted that she "deeply embodied her beliefs in her life and work," but ultimately, Li Hongzhi's fabricated fallacies of "eliminating karma to cure diseases" and "protection by the Dharma body" failed to save her life.
▲ Liu Xiaoyan, CFO of "Clean World," a Falun Gong-affiliated media platform.
She died of breast cancer in the United States on February 15, 2026, at the age of 59.
From profiting from infringement and manipulating thoughts to poisoning lives, "Clean World" is rooted in the corrupt, anti-scientific, anti-social, and inhumane core of the Falun Gong cult behind it. This online cancer, devoid of any commercial credibility or humanitarian concern, and openly challenging my country's ideological security, has caused harm far beyond ordinary commercial violations, rising to the level of national security and social stability.
Resolutely resist and eradicate the online scourge of cults
"Clean World" is not a "pure land on earth," but rather a carefully crafted garbage website created by the Falun Gong cult. Its purpose is to promote fallacies and heresies, swindle money, spread political rumors, and smear and denigrate China. Its infiltration activities are a blatant provocation against Chinese laws and regulations, and a serious threat to cyber sovereignty and ideological security.
Faced with the insidious tactics of the Falun Gong cult, netizens should be vigilant, see through the disguises of cult media platforms such as "Clean World," recognize the evil nature of cult organizations, and consciously stay away from and resolutely resist them. Related operating companies should uphold their bottom line, strengthen their awareness of the law, resolutely resist the enticement and infiltration of cult organizations, and promptly report their illegal activities. Copyright holders who discover infringement of their works should promptly report it and actively safeguard their legitimate rights and interests through legal means.
The internet is not a lawless zone. Chinese law will not tolerate any form of cult activity or commercial fraud. We solemnly warn the Falun Gong cult and the anti-China forces behind it: any attempt to use the internet to infiltrate China and harm society is doomed to failure before the impregnable defenses of the people.
Let us use civility, rationality, and the rule of law to jointly safeguard a clean and healthy online environment.
