China, a Pioneer in Regulating Algorithms, Turns Its Focus to Deepfakes

Unfortunately, 'China as pioneer' is politically and culturally unacceptable in the current climate; the requirement to always present the superior case to the commies will delay or even prevent potentially important legislation from being considered and passed. Forcing Bytedance to insert STEM education videos on Douyin addicts seems like an objectively good idea, but one which could never be adopted because China did it. Interesting to see what this legislation is intended to do, looks like an attempt to illegalise at source