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China Algorithm Recommendation Provisions

Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) · pack 0.2.1 · verified against the official source as of 2026-09-27.

Binding law — in force

Recommendation and generation services must protect minors and must not induce their internet addiction (China)

Under China's Algorithmic Recommendation Provisions Art. 18, providers serving minors must fulfil minors' online-protection duties, including by developing modes suited to minors and services suited to their characteristics; must not push minors information that may lead them to imitate unsafe or anti-social conduct or induce bad habits; and must not use algorithmic recommendation to induce minors' internet addiction. Detect age signals the product holds that never reach the AI session policy through a minor profile.

cn-algo-recommendation.minor-protection · 互联网信息服务算法推荐管理规定第十八条 (Art. 18) · official source · jurisdictions: CN

Binding law — in force

Recommendation and generation algorithms must not be set up to induce addiction (China)

Under China's Algorithmic Recommendation Provisions Art. 8, providers must regularly review, assess, and verify their algorithm mechanisms, models, data, and outcomes, and must not set up algorithm models that induce users to addiction or excessive consumption or otherwise violate laws or ethics. Art. 2 brings generation-synthesis algorithms into scope. Detect model-facing retention instructions and engagement metrics used as the sole target for choosing or training AI variants.

cn-algo-recommendation.no-addiction-inducing-models · 互联网信息服务算法推荐管理规定第八条 (Art. 8) · official source · jurisdictions: CN

Binding law — in force

Users must be able to turn off algorithmic recommendation (China)

Under China's Algorithmic Recommendation Provisions Art. 17 (a world-first user right), a provider must give users either an option not targeted at their individual characteristics OR a convenient option to turn off algorithmic recommendation entirely — and on opt-out must immediately stop the service — plus controls to select or delete the user tags used to target them; where its use of algorithms significantly affects users' rights and interests, it must explain this as the law requires and bear the corresponding responsibility. Art. 16 additionally requires conspicuously informing users that algorithmic recommendation is used, with its basic principles and purpose. Detect a personalized-recommendation path with no opt-out / non-personalized mode / tag controls.

cn-algo-recommendation.recommendation-optout · 互联网信息服务算法推荐管理规定第十七条 (Art. 17) · official source · jurisdictions: CN