The Deep Synthesis Provisions are Chinese regulations for online services that generate or manipulate synthetic images, text, video, and voice. Finalized in November 2022 and effective in January 2023, they require providers to label synthetic content and address personal-data protection, technical security, and transparency. They also impose broad censorship requirements, including adherence to “correct political direction” and protection of economic and social order. Their scope and timing exposed limits: regulators considered them insufficient for rapidly expanding generative AI, especially synthetic text and content produced offline. section 10.31
Key provisions and limitations include:
- Label or tag synthetically generated content. section 10.31
- Protect personal data, maintain technical security, and provide transparency. section 10.31
- Prevent content that conflicts with political-direction and social-order requirements. section 10.31
- Leave regulatory gaps for offline generation and rapidly developing synthetic-text services. section 10.31
