Description

Adopted E-Commerce Law including content moderation regulation

On 31 January 2018, China's E-Commerce Law, which includes content moderation regulation, was adopted. The Law applies to both e-commerce businesses and e-commerce platforms. The Law requires e-commerce platforms to provide a product review mechanis…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2018-08-31
adopted

On 31 January 2018, China's E-Commerce Law, which includes content moderation regulation, was adopt…

2019-01-01
in force

On 1 January 2019, China's E-Commerce Law, which includes content moderation regulation, was implem…