India, Sept. 23 -- In what is being seen as a new frontier in censorship, the Chinese version of Hollywood stars Dave Franco and Alison Brie's thriller Together has altered the gender of a gay character, turning a same-sex relationship into a heterosexual one.

The move, which likely involved the use of artificial intelligence (AI) models, has sparked a wave of criticism on social media, with viewers calling it disrespectful and an overreach.

In Together, the face of one of the men in a same-sex relationship was replaced with a woman's face for the film's release in China. The edit sparked backlash from viewers, many of whom only noticed after social media posts compared the altered scene with the original.

Four people who saw the film ...