China Drafts Online Violence Rules Bringing AI Deepfakes Under Regulatory Oversight

CAC draft mandates platforms to detect cyberbullying and regulate AI-generated harassment, requiring one-click protection tools and strict account management mechanisms.

Woofun AI reports that the Cyberspace Administration of China has published a draft regulation targeting online violence, currently open for public comment. The proposal obliges digital platforms to deploy classifiers for identifying abusive content, offer "one-click protection" features, and enforce blacklist systems for offending accounts.

The draft explicitly extends regulatory scope to AI-generated deepfake imagery and synthetic harassment texts. In response to these emerging guidelines, the Q&A platform Zhihu has implemented restrictions on anonymous account usage.