China seeks to rein in risks from AI 'digital humans'China is introducing new rules for its booming digital human industry. These AI avatars, which look and sound like real people, are used fo...
19 Apr, 2026, 04.20 PM IST
China issues guidance for ecommerce including for cross-border tradeThe guidance called for striking a balance between promotion and regulation, integrating the digital and real economies, as well as formi...
06 Apr, 2026, 09.08 AM IST
China moves to regulate digital humans, bans addictive services for childrenThe draft regulations would also ban the use of other people's personal information to create digital humans without consent, or using virt...
03 Apr, 2026, 11.43 PM IST
Chinese regulator summons ByteDance, Alibaba's platforms over content violationsChina's cyberspace regulator has summoned ByteDance's Toutiao and Alibaba's UCWeb due to content violations. The platforms are penalized fo...
23 Sep, 2025, 08.40 PM IST
China's Didi swings to profit in fourth quarterDidi Global reported net income attributable to shareholders of 818 million yuan ($113.15 million) in the three months ending Dec. 31, comp...
23 Mar, 2024, 12.04 PM IST
China’s cyberspace regulator summons Alibaba’s Quark, Netease CC over vulgar contentThe regulator also ordered Netease's livestream platform Netease CC to suspend the broadcast of some types of dance content for seven days ...
30 Oct, 2023, 07.35 PM IST
CEO of China's Weibo tests new real-name policy on his own accountThe chief executive of China's Weibo on Friday confirmed that China may start denying anonymity to online commentators on politics and fina...
20 Oct, 2023, 03.53 PM IST
Huawei, Alibaba among companies seeking Chinese generative AI approvalsChina's cyberspace regulator has received 110 applications from Chinese technology companies such as Huawei and Alibaba for approvals relat...
01 Sep, 2023, 02.39 PM IST
China issues draft guidelines to tighten limits on use of apps by minorsThe regulator set a deadline for public feedback on the guidelines on September 2.
02 Aug, 2023, 04.12 PM IST
China to penalise internet users for ‘liking’ content deemed illegal, harmful amid protests over Covid restrictionsThere are laws set to control social media in the world's second-largest economy. China is to punish internet users if they are deemed for ...
30 Nov, 2022, 10.58 PM IST
China cyberspace regulator drafts new rules to protect minorsThe regulator said it would shut down websites or revoke business licences of service providers that commit violations.
14 Mar, 2022, 09.52 AM IST
China regulator issues draft rules for cyberspace content providersThe rules are aimed at further regulating technologies such as those using algorithms to generate and modify text, audio, images, and videos
28 Jan, 2022, 01.20 PM IST
Weibo fined by Chinese regulator for publishing illegal informationThe Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said Weibo had violated a cybersecurity law on the protection of minors as well as other laws ...
14 Dec, 2021, 10.32 AM IST
China regulator proposes cybersecurity review for some firms planning Hong Kong IPOsThe Cyberspace Administration of China's (CAC) latest draft proposals on online data security management follow a proposed regulation in Ju...
14 Nov, 2021, 02.49 PM IST
China passes new personal data privacy law, to take effect November 1The law's passage completes another pillar in the country's efforts to regulate cyberspace and is expected to add more compliance requireme...
20 Aug, 2021, 10.51 AM IST
China widens clampdown on overseas listings with pre-IPO review of firms with large user dataThe security review will put a focus on risks of data being affected, controlled or manipulated by foreign governments after overseas listi...
10 Jul, 2021, 12.45 PM IST
India will assert its voice for the digitally deprived: Ravi Shankar PrasadIndia will be a "voice of moderation and reason" in the global digital discourse, he said while addressing the Ministerial Forum at Global ...
24 Nov, 2017, 08.16 PM IST