China: Cyberspace Administration investigation into CapCut, Jianying, Maoxiang, and Jimeng AI over the allegedly illegal generation and labelling of synthetic content
Progress
Current status
in force
28 Apr 2026 in force
Scope
Implementers
China
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
ML and AI development
software provider: other software
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Cyberspace Administration concluded investigation into CapCut, Jianying, Maoxiang, and Jimeng AI
On 28 April 2026, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) concluded the investigation into the applications CapCut, Jianying, and Maoxiang, and the website Jimeng AI, regarding the labelling of artificial intelligence-generated and synthesised …
Event type
investigation
Action type
ruling
Government branch
executive
Government body
other regulatory body