Institution File
Cyberspace Administration and Platform Governance
Uses account, content, algorithm, data, and security rules to shape platform visibility and identity management.
Contents
Formal position
The CAC performs major regulatory functions over online content, network data, and platforms and is connected to the central cyberspace leadership system.
Authority and tools
Tools include rulemaking, rectification meetings, inspections, account governance, algorithm filings, security review, and continuing platform-responsibility requirements.
Interfaces with other bodies
Platform moderation and government-affairs teams execute regulatory demands, police handle crime, propaganda bodies set content direction, and sector regulators influence licensing.
Power logic
Regulation need not issue an order for every item. Continuing responsibility and uncertain penalties lead platforms to convert political risk into internal rules and automated enforcement.
Evidence limits
Public rules establish duties, but specific removal instructions, state-company communication, algorithmic thresholds, and appeal records are generally invisible. [1] [2]
Sources
Regulation on Public Security Video Image Information Systemsprimary-recordLive
MPS Rules for Public Security Video Information Systemsprimary-recordUnavailable
Personal Information Protection Law of the PRCprimary-recordLive
Data Security Law of the PRCprimary-recordLive
Provisions on the Administration of Internet User Account Informationprimary-recordLive
Provisions on Algorithmic Recommendation in Internet Information Servicesprimary-recordLive
China's Algorithms of Repression: Reverse Engineering a Xinjiang Police Apptechnical-researchLive
We Chat, They Watchtechnical-researchLive
Censored Contagion IItechnical-researchLive
OHCHR Assessment of Human Rights Concerns in Xinjiangofficial-findingLive
Treasury Sanctions on Biometric Surveillance Technologyofficial-findingLive
2024 Country Report on Human Rights Practices: Chinagovernment-reportLive
Official Accountability Record on the Henan Red-Code Incidentprimary-recordRedirected
Investigation into Red Health Codes Assigned to Henan Bank Depositorsinvestigative-reportingLive
CECC 2025 Annual Reportgovernment-reportLive
Human Rights Watch Report on Detained White Paper Protestersinvestigative-reportingLive
Amnesty International Interviews One Year after the White Paper Movementinvestigative-reportingLive