China's cyberspace regulator warns ByteDance apps, website over AI-content labelling

April 28, 2026 5:51 AM EDT

Bytedance logo is seen in this illustration taken February 8, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

BEIJING, April ‌28 (Reuters) - China's ​cyberspace ​administrator has ordered ByteDance's video editing apps Jianying ‌and Maoxiang, and website Jimeng AI, ⁠to comply with rules on labelling AI-generated ‌content, the Cyberspace Administration ‌of China said in a statement on Tuesday.

• The three ​platforms did not effectively implement required AI content identification measures ⁠and have violated the country's cybersecurity law ​and relevant rules, the regulator said.

• Authorities summoned, ordered rectification, ​warned, and penalised those ‌responsible, the statement said, without giving details.

• Platforms ⁠must strictly observe legal requirements on AI-content labelling, it said, adding ⁠that regulators will continue to strengthen oversight ​to "concretely protect the public interest and support the healthy and orderly development of ‌AI".

• China in March 2025 issued requirements for the ‌labelling of AI-generated content, which ⁠went into effect ‌in September.

(Reporting ​by Xiuhao Chen and Joe Cash. Editing by Mark ‌Potter)



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