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[Draugoth]

A new law in China requires explicit and implicit labels for AI-generated text, images, audio, video and other virtual content, which will be enforced with watermarks

Major Chinese social media platforms, including Tencent Holdings' WeChat and ByteDance-owned Douyin, have launched new features to abide by Monday's roll-out of a new law that mandates labelling of all artificial intelligence-generated content online.

The law, which was issued in March, requires explicit and implicit labels for AI-generated text, images, audio, video and other virtual content. Explicit markings must be clearly visible to users, while implicit identifiers – such as digital watermarks – should be embedded in the metadata. The country's top internet watchdog, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) – along with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security and the National Radio and Television Administration – drafted the law.

The new regulation reflects Beijing's increased scrutiny of AI, as concerns grow over misinformation, copyright infringement and online fraud. It also aligns with a broader push to tighten AI oversight, which was made a key focus of the CAC's 2025 Qinglang, or clear and bright, campaign – an annual initiative aimed at cleaning up China's cyberspace.

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[nightfly]

Wish they'd implement something like that over here.

 

[AJUMP23]

Show them this.

 

[Draugoth]

Wish they'd implement something like that over here.

Rare China W

 

[bitbydeath]

 

[kruis]

China is absolutely right in this respect. If we can't filter that shit, we're burying real content under mountains of shit and 99% of the content we find on social media will be fake without us knowing it.

Oh, and throw anyone associated with AI bots on social media in prison ASAP.

 

[KrakenIPA]

Show them this.

GTA VI gonna be wild

 

[EverydayBeast]

China is looking to prove they're in control of AI

 

[Bojji]

China is looking to prove they're in control of AI

China tries to control everything, for better or worse.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

China is absolutely right in this respect. If we can't filter that shit, we're burying real content under mountains of shit and 99% of the content we find on social media will be fake without us knowing it.

Oh, and throw anyone associated with AI bots on social media in prison ASAP.

They should have listened to me last year. Now we are here.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

At first I thought that was Laura lolrlmer. I can't stand that woman.

 

[Baemono]

Facebook would colapse if under every AI generated image you have « this is bullshit, don't believe it »

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Wish they'd implement something like that over here.

The difference is that I would actually be terrified re: enforcement in China, meaning it will actually be effective

They probably send your sibling to some labor camp or some shit if you forget to tag it as AI

 

[Wheeljack539]

Wish they'd implement something like that over here.

Eh, I'd prefer a disclaimer somewhere either on the video or description but no watermark.

 

[RJMacready73]

Sometimes Chyna gets it right

 

[jason10mm]

Ultimately we are all gonna need a "friendly" AI on our phone that tries to detect incoming AI images. We can't rely on some centrally maintained AI to do it for us, because that will just be subservient to the will of the owners.

The issue isn't really tiktok girls or silly puppy vids, it's "real world" tragic events or statements by political figures. We already can see that a realistic looking video of Trump or whoever saying some silly shit, even if we KNOW it's fake, can still drive the emotional response desired because it feeds into our confirmation bias, whichever that may be. So we really need a personal guardian AI that can identify and label artificial videos, if not block them from our view. Otherwise a video, completely realistically rendered, of a political candidate fucking a baby or whatever will still do irreparable harm to that candidate. Humans are not wired to be able to completely ignore visual stimuli as "fake" even if we know it is.