The Cyberspace Administration of China ("CAC") recently drafted the Administrative Measures for Deep Synthesis of Internet Information Services (Draft for Comment) (the "Draft for Comment") to solicit public opinions.

The Draft for Comment mainly touches upon five contents: (1) clarifying the formulation basis and purpose, the scope of application and the overall requirements; (2) specifying the main responsibilities to be assumed by deep synthesis service providers; (3) clarifying the management system for identification of deep synthesis information content; (4) setting out the relevant requirements for supervision and management; (5) stipulating the legal responsibility, the department responsible for interpretation and implementation date. Among others, the Draft for Comment requires deep synthesis service providers to establish a sound mechanism to refute rumors; if deep synthesis is used to produce, copy, distribute or spread any false information, they shall timely adopt relevant measures to refute rumors and report relevant information to cyberspace administration or other departments for record-filing.

(Source: Cyberspace Administration of China)