Kuaishou Removes 2,544 AI-Modified Videos in September

Kuaishou's takedowns show that AI content moderation on Chinese short-video platforms is now targeting narrative and character manipulation, not just explicit material. The flagged cases — reworked classic literature, game crossovers, and horror-tinged animation — sit in a grey zone where copyright, cultural heritage, and child-safety norms overlap. For creators and AI tooling vendors, the signal is that platform rulebooks are being applied to synthetic edits of familiar IP with increasing specificity. Whether this campaign's categories become a durable compliance standard across other platforms is the open question.