Chinese Online Platforms Crack Down on AI-Generated Content, WeChat Mass Deletes Articles
According to First Financial, Chinese internet platforms are intensifying their crackdown on AI-generated content, with WeChat mass deleting articles from official accounts. The WeChat team reiterated its operating guidelines prohibiting content creation and publication using AI or automated tools, stating that violating accounts will face corresponding measures. Other platforms like Douyin and Toutiao are also strengthening their efforts against AI-generated content.
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- 📰 Published: April 10, 2026 at 11:50
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According to a report by First Financial on the 9th, some WeChat official account articles have recently been mass deleted. The WeChat team confirmed that the platform has recently noticed the use of automated tools to replace human creation. The 'WeChat Official Account Platform Operation Guidelines' once again clearly state that official accounts and service accounts must not use AI, scripts, APIs, or other automated methods to replace real people in content creation, publishing, and other processes, nor should they disseminate or promote tutorials or services for such automated creation. Once discovered, the platform will take corresponding measures against relevant accounts depending on the severity of the violation.
WeChat also recently updated the aforementioned guidelines, clarifying that infringing content includes behaviors that deviate from the expression of real creators, using artificial intelligence or other methods to generate, rewrite, splice, or plagiarize content, as well as batch and continuous publishing of content through automated methods such as scripts and program hosting.
Previously, WeChat had formulated the 'WeChat Official Account and Service Account Recommended Operation Guidelines,' mainly targeting low-creativity content, such as AI-generated content accounting for a significantly higher proportion than human-created parts without declaring AI assistance, or using new technologies to generate content containing factual errors, exaggerated statements, or fabricated data.
The report stated that in addition to WeChat official accounts, other platforms have also recently cracked down on AI-generated content. For example, Douyin stated in March this year that it has dealt with 42,000 pieces of content involving AI-generated pornography and vulgar violations this year and has imposed varying degrees of penalties, such as limiting recommendations, muting, and banning, on 14,000 accounts.
Toutiao stated that last year it imposed traffic suppression and even muting penalties on authors who continuously published low-quality AI content, dealing with over 2.6 million pieces of low-quality AI-generated content throughout the year.
Hongguo Short Drama, earlier this month, imposed penalties for a popular AI ancient-style short drama 'Peach Blossom Hairpin' suspected of infringing on portrait rights. In the first season, the platform removed 1,718 comic dramas that violated platform governance guidelines, and among them, 670 infringing works related to recent AI short drama material violations have been dealt with according to regulations. (Edited by Chen Kai-yu/Zhang Shu-ling) 1150410
WeChat also recently updated the aforementioned guidelines, clarifying that infringing content includes behaviors that deviate from the expression of real creators, using artificial intelligence or other methods to generate, rewrite, splice, or plagiarize content, as well as batch and continuous publishing of content through automated methods such as scripts and program hosting.
Previously, WeChat had formulated the 'WeChat Official Account and Service Account Recommended Operation Guidelines,' mainly targeting low-creativity content, such as AI-generated content accounting for a significantly higher proportion than human-created parts without declaring AI assistance, or using new technologies to generate content containing factual errors, exaggerated statements, or fabricated data.
The report stated that in addition to WeChat official accounts, other platforms have also recently cracked down on AI-generated content. For example, Douyin stated in March this year that it has dealt with 42,000 pieces of content involving AI-generated pornography and vulgar violations this year and has imposed varying degrees of penalties, such as limiting recommendations, muting, and banning, on 14,000 accounts.
Toutiao stated that last year it imposed traffic suppression and even muting penalties on authors who continuously published low-quality AI content, dealing with over 2.6 million pieces of low-quality AI-generated content throughout the year.
Hongguo Short Drama, earlier this month, imposed penalties for a popular AI ancient-style short drama 'Peach Blossom Hairpin' suspected of infringing on portrait rights. In the first season, the platform removed 1,718 comic dramas that violated platform governance guidelines, and among them, 670 infringing works related to recent AI short drama material violations have been dealt with according to regulations. (Edited by Chen Kai-yu/Zhang Shu-ling) 1150410
FAQ
What kind of content are Chinese online platforms cracking down on?
They are cracking down on AI-generated content, especially content created using automated tools.
What measures has WeChat taken?
WeChat has mass deleted numerous official account articles created using AI or automated tools.