China moves to regulate digital humans, bans addictive services for children
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Published on April 3, 2026.
China's cyberspace regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), has issued draft regulations to monitor the development online of digital humans and ban services that could mislead children or fuel addiction. The rules would require prominent "digital human" labels on all virtual human content and prohibit digital humans from providing "virtual intimate relationships" to those under 18. The regulations are open for public comment until May 6. Service providers are advised to resist content that is sexually suggestive, depicts horror, cruelty or incites discrimination based on ethnicity or region.
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