# watermarking

Unauthorized AI Lunar‑New‑Year Greeting Videos Surge in China, Raising Legal and Trust Questions

AI‑generated Lunar New Year greeting videos are proliferating on Chinese social media without the consent of depicted individuals. While major platforms are adding watermarks, contractual bans and automated detection, many open‑source tools lack safeguards, creating civil, reputational and criminal risks and exposing broader governance gaps around synthetic media.