China's content-labeling mandate becomes operative

CNMAJORStandard in forceContent labelingSynthetic media

Visible and embedded marking of AI-generated material became mandatory under a binding technical standard — the world's most concrete synthetic-content transparency implementation, previewing the EU's Article 50 and US state rules.

Source: TC260 standard, certified translation — read in the original, not from coverage.

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