The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Cyberspace Administration of China and the State Administration for Market Regulation announced on the evening of October 15 that they had set up a joint investigation team to investigate automobile quality.
On September 30, China's Cyberspace Administration of China issued a notice launching a two-month special campaign focused on rectifying five types of short video misconduct: posing as vulnerable groups, fabricating professional qualifications, AI impersonation of people, attracting traffic through displays of wealth and superstition, and making up domestic violence and kidnapping storylines, while strictly prohibiting fake persona content from being pushed through rankings and recommendation slots.
On September 18, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued a notice requiring platforms to clean up negative information inconsistent with official corporate statements, and categorized behaviors such as parodying corporate logos, products, and entrepreneurs' portraits as false and misleading handling scopes, demanding platforms to implement whole-process audits and strict handling of enterprise-related information.
On September 15, the Cyberspace Administration of China announced that two AI API relay stations operated by a technology company in Jiangsu were ordered to rectify and given a warning penalty for failing to conduct safety assessments in accordance with regulations and for posing content safety risks.
On September 2, 2026, the Cyberspace Administration of China reported on the second phase of the Qinglang special campaign, naming domestic AI platforms such as Doubao, Yuanbao and Qwen for strictly censoring raw training data and restricting the output of non-compliant content.
According to Order No. 23 recently issued by the Cyberspace Administration of China, MCN agencies have been included as responsible parties on a par with platforms. If a streamer under them has problems, the entire MCN may face a joint ban.
The Cyberspace Administration of China has announced a batch of enforcement actions against malicious hype of company-related information, involving accounts that published false information about Li Auto, hyped negative information about companies, and maliciously attacked corporate executives.
On July 23, 2026, the Cyberspace Administration of China and the Ministry of Emergency Management jointly issued a notice, deploying a special campaign to rectify illegal and harmful information related to disaster incidents during the flood season, severely cracking down on online speech concerning disasters. On the same day, the Ministry of Public Security publicized 20 typical cases of disaster-related rumors.
On July 21, 2026, the CCP Central Committee's Cyberspace Administration of China and other departments issued a plan to advance IPv6 single-stack technology innovation and application. Foreign media analysis argues that underlying architectural reforms such as NAT removal and enhanced source address verification could further deepen online censorship and real-name tracking.
the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Cyberspace Administration of China releases a new draft of the Internet Information Service Management Measures, increasing the articles from the current 27 to 94, and incorporating content such as artificial intelligence, self-media, recommendation algorithms, and jurisdiction over overseas information.
On June 14, 2026, a tech uploader on Bilibili posted a video analyzing the Cyberspace Administration of China's "Regulations on Online Review Activities," questioning that the new rules could easily be abused by manufacturers in practice as a tool to pressure the removal of negative reviews.
The Cyberspace Administration of China issued new regulations prohibiting the dissemination and discussion of topics related to U.S. stocks and other overseas investments, targeting internet platforms and domestic self-media for rectification.
In June 2026, online information revealed that the Cyberspace Administration of China had issued an order demanding a comprehensive interception and ban — covering clips, text, and audio/video — on the special video program about Wang Hongwen produced by Chai Jing.
On May 29, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued a notice deciding to launch a two-month nationwide special action titled "Qinglang: Optimizing the Business Network Environment and Cracking Down on Malicious Hype of Enterprise-Related Information," aimed at combating malicious hype targeting enterprises online.
In December 2025, the Cyberspace Administration of China announced that Hu Chenfeng had long posted so-called "Android people" and "Apple people" remarks on multiple platforms that "incited group confrontation," and that the relevant accounts on each platform had been closed.