On November 17, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) published the newly revised Administrative Provisions on Internet Follow-up Comment Services (the "Provisions"), with effect from December 15, 2022.

The Provisions clarify follow-up comment service providers' responsibilities for managing follow-up comments, and the relevant requirements to be met by follow-up comment service users and public account producers and operators. According to the Provisions, the follow-up comment service providers shall conduct standardized management of the follow-up comment service users and public account producers and operators in compliance with the user service agreement. The Provisions require public account producers and operators to enhance the review of the information and content in the follow-up comments, timely discover any unlawful act and indecent information in the comments and take necessary measures. The Provisions stress that public account producers and operators may apply to the follow-up comment service providers for administration authority in follow-up comment section as per the user service agreement. Follow-up comment service providers may reasonably grant the administration authority and provide relevant technical support upon conducting credit assessment of the public account producers and operators based on their administration status.

(Source: Cyberspace Administration of China)