Multiple netizens tested and found that ByteDance's AI, Doubao, can repeat negative reviews of other brands but refuses to repeat 'Huawei is not good to use,' claiming that Huawei products are recognized by users. This has sparked mockery and questioning among netizens regarding the AI's stance and censorship system.
On October 31, the WeChat official account "Hard Tech Soft Talk" published an article titled "Meng Wanzhou: From Switchboard Operator to Rotating Chairwoman, 32 Years, Relying on Systems, Not Bloodline." In the comments section, netizens used the plot from the movie "Hi, Mom"—where the factory director's son works as a broadcaster—to mock the claim.
On October 29, netizens posted a video claiming that the comment section of a promotional video for Huawei's AITO car was flooded with suspected bot accounts. Multiple accounts with different avatars and nicknames all posted the same photo of a "hand wearing a green bracelet" on their homepages. Netizens in the comment section mocked this as "the passing of the winning army."
Fan Jie, President of Huawei's Pharmaceutical Team, confirmed at the Pharmaceutical Innovation and Investment Conference that Huawei has entered the pharmaceutical industry, stating that it will use AI and computing power to empower pharmaceutical companies and research institutions.
On October 23, netizens photographed the traffic signal pole previously struck by a Huawei AITO M9, which is now surrounded by barriers; the related comment section appears to have been cleaned up, with only 5 sarcastic comments left.
In 2025, a Bilibili user commented that they would rather die for Huawei and for their country inside a Huawei AITO car; on October 23, 2026, the account posted a listing to sell a 2025 AITO M9, stressing that it had no accidents and no fire damage, and after being teased by netizens, changed its name and deleted the post.
On October 21, a Douyin blogger with 550,000 followers posted a video saying that the Huawei smartwatch they purchased did not support standalone video calls, so they applied for a refund and returned it within less than 10 seconds of receiving it; the merchant refused the 960 yuan refund citing a scratched screen and sent the item back, and their earlier complaint video was taken down.
On October 20, a blogger tested the AI erase feature on a Huawei phone. The Japanese flag could be erased normally, but when erasing the Chinese flag, the system popped up a message saying "This image is not applicable to the erase function, please change the image and try again." Netizens in the comments section joked that the software has a political stance.
According to Xinnwang reports on October 19, Mr. Wang from Yantai reported that his mother, in her seventies, has been charged for a Huawei video membership since December 2022. The charges were 12 yuan for the first month and 29 yuan per month thereafter, totaling over 1,000 yuan. The elderly woman neither used nor activated the service. The family demanded a full refund; customer service increased the offer from a 1-month refund to 24 months, refusing to refund earlier charges due to the time elapsed. Huawei stated they would arrange for verification and a response.
On October 18, a netizen in Guangdong posted a video and screenshots of group chats exposing that a Huawei offline store required sales staff who failed to meet targets to do 50 push-ups or squats and to film themselves for feedback in the work group. A netizen in Xinjiang said local stores did the same.
On October 17, a netizen in Changchun, Jilin, posted a video claiming that the Xintiandi Huawei service center had ruined his phone screen so it could no longer display. Unable to contact anyone to settle the account, he brought a number of workers wearing orange reflective vests into the store to sit down and demand an explanation, sparking heated discussion among netizens.
On October 16, according to media reports, Huawei Executive Director and Terminal BG Chairman Yu Chengdong reposted MAEXTRO's statement on cooperating with a joint investigation by three departments, stating that justice may be late, but it will never be absent.
A netizen whose IP address shows Malaysia posted a video claiming that downloading a fake digital wallet app from Huawei's official store resulted in 170,000 USDT being stolen, pointing to a lack of review in Huawei's app store, with scammers paying to list fake software and buying up search rankings.
On October 15, Paraguayan Minister of Information and Communication Technologies Villate, who was sanctioned by China, published an article on the government's official website. He questioned why Beijing responded with sanctions if the excluded suppliers were truly independent private enterprises, and announced the acceleration of cooperation with Taiwan on AI computing power and technology parks.
On October 15, a Douyin user posted a video in which the camera zooms in from a Huawei store sign to capture a staff member sitting behind a display table, head down, using an iPhone, with the caption "Work is work, life is life." Netizens in the comments section joked one after another.