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China's existing criminal law framework is inadequate for regulating AI-driven deepfake biometric crimes, requiring a paradigm shift that includes new legislation, hierarchical judicial evaluation, and comprehensive governance systems. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

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To evaluate the limitations of China's current criminal legal framework in regulating generative AI deepfake biometric misuse and propose comprehensive statutory and technical reforms.

September 14, 2026International journal of law, crime and justiceOpen Access

Criminal law responses to AI-driven deepfake biometric information in China

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LXLushasha Xu ZGZeqiang Guo

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Survey and comparative legal analysis reveals acute digital identity risks in China, highlighting the need for modernized criminal statutes and technical safeguards against AI deepfakes.

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To evaluate the limitations of China's current criminal legal framework in regulating generative AI deepfake biometric misuse and propose comprehensive statutory and technical reforms.
Administered a survey across various age cohorts and industries (N=327 valid respondents) to evaluate public perceptions of deepfake hazards and digital identity security.
Conducted a comparative legal and regulatory analysis examining legislative mechanisms across China, the European Union, and the United States.
Survey respondents demonstrate intense public concern regarding deepfake-driven identity theft, property loss, and reputational injury alongside high demand for digital identity rights.
Comparative analysis indicates that China's current regulatory emphasis on data control behaviors fails to capture lawful-acquisition deepfake synthesis, unlike broader European and American risk-based frameworks.
Authors formulate a multi-tiered legal paradigm proposing new statutory offenses like 'Illegal Forgery of Identity Information', tripartite liability across developers, platforms, and users, and technical integration of digital watermarking and liveness detection.

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Xu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa7b2e10926e14a848b173f https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlcj.2026.100899

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Survey and comparative legal analysis reveals acute digital identity risks in China, highlighting the need for modernized criminal statutes and technical safeguards against AI deepfakes.

Criminal law responses to AI-driven deepfake biometric information in China

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Criminal law responses to AI-driven deepfake biometric information in China

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