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Adopted Revised Provisions on the Administration of Internet Thread Commenting Services

On 16 November 2022, the Cyberspace Administration of China adopted the Revised Provisions on the Administration of Internet Thread Commenting Services, regulating the content moderation obligations of websites providing public commentary functions. The original Provisions were adopted in August 2017. The Revised Provisions place new obligations on group moderators to review comments and remove illegal or inappropriate content. For this purpose, they can apply for content management rights from the website owner. The Revised Provisions will be implemented on 15 December 2022.

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Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

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2022-06-17
in consultation

On 17 June 2022, the Cyberspace Administration of China opened a consultation on a draft of the Rev…

2022-07-01
processing consultation

On 1 July 2022, the Cyberspace Administration of China has closed the consultation on its draft of …

2022-11-16
adopted

On 16 November 2022, the Cyberspace Administration of China adopted the Revised Provisions on the A…

2022-12-15
in force

On 15 December 2022, the Cyberspace Administration of China implemented the Revised Provisions on t…