On December 12, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) and two other authorities jointly issued the Administrative Provisions on Deep Synthesis of Internet Information Services (the "Provisions"), with effect on January 10, 2023.

The Provisions emphasize that, deep synthesis service providers, as the primary entities responsible for the information security, should not use deep synthesis services to engage in activities prohibited by laws and administrative regulations. The Provisions require that deep synthesis service providers should establish and improve management systems and technical support measure, formulate public management rules and platform conventions, authenticate real identity information of users, strengthen the management of deep synthesis content, and establish and improve the mechanisms for dispelling rumors and for responses to appeals, complaints and reporting. The Provisions make it clear that deep synthesis service providers should add marks that do not affect users' usage to deep synthesis information content generated or edited using their services. If a provider provides services that generate or significantly change information content such as intelligent dialogue, synthesized human voice, human face generation, and immersive realistic scenes, it shall add prominent marks to avoid public confusion or misidentification.

(Source: Cyberspace Administration of China)