en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) is again soliciting public comments on the "Internet Information Service Management Measures (Revised Draft for Comments)." The draft, consisting of 6 chapters and 94 articles, proposes a comprehensive revision and improvement of the current Measures. The main revisions are as follows:
(1) Clarifying principles, requirements, and management mechanisms. It stipulates that engaging in internet information services and conducting supervision and management of such services must adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China and be guided by socialist core values. It clarifies that the national cyberspace administration is responsible for coordinating national cybersecurity work and related supervision and management; the telecommunications authority under the State Council is responsible for the management of the national internet industry according to its duties; the public security department under the State Council is responsible for cybersecurity protection and supervision according to its duties; and local responsibilities for the supervision and management of internet information services are determined in accordance with relevant national regulations.
(2) Improving management requirements for internet information service providers. Further refining access conditions, regulating the use of network resources, and strengthening the management of practitioners. It specifies that engaging in internet information services requires approval from the telecommunications authority according to law, mandates the use of network resources that meet the requirements of the telecommunications authority, and stipulates that relevant practitioners of internet news information services must obtain corresponding qualifications and undergo relevant training and assessments.
(3) Strengthening regulations on internet information service activities. Further enhancing user account management, improving regulations on online information content, and adding new institutional requirements for specific situations. It requires dynamic verification of registered account information, prohibits the production, reproduction, dissemination, or distribution of information containing content prohibited by laws or administrative regulations, mandates measures to prevent and resist the production, reproduction, dissemination, or distribution of harmful information, explicitly prohibits acts that disrupt the order of internet information services, and requires not providing support or assistance for others to engage in illegal activities.
(4) Consolidating the primary responsibilities of online platforms. Adding a dedicated section on "Platform Information Services," requiring producers and operators of influential public accounts on the internet not to produce, reproduce, disseminate, or distribute information containing content prohibited by laws or administrative regulations or harmful information. It stipulates strengthening the identification and monitoring of online violence, taking relevant measures promptly upon discovering risks of online violence, and providing users with functions such as quick evidence collection. It also regulates the management of accounts signed by multi-channel distribution institutions for internet information content and the information they publish.
(5) Promoting the security and development of intelligent information services. Adding a dedicated section on "Intelligent Information Services" to specifically regulate the provision of internet information services using artificial intelligence technology. It clarifies the management of labels for generated or synthesized content, requiring legal labeling of AI-generated or synthesized content; regulates the application of algorithmic recommendation technology, prohibiting the forced use of intelligent information services by users or the use of algorithms to disrupt online public opinion or evade supervision and management; and clarifies the protection of labor rights directly related to platform information services, strengthening responses to significant security risks posed by AI.
(6) Improving the legal liability system and the "toolbox" of regulatory measures. Based on internet governance practices, it establishes a management system for a list of seriously untrustworthy entities in the internet field, adds and improves management measures such as restricting account functions and prohibiting the registration of new user accounts, and ensures alignment with the "Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China," the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Minors," and the "Administrative Penalty Law of the People's Republic of China," further refining legal liabilities.
