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China UGC Risk Notes
This document uses product risk language to explain why public UGC changes platform responsibility. It is not a formal compliance determination.
This document uses product risk language to explain why public UGC changes platform responsibility. It is not a formal compliance determination.
Public UGC, comments, search, feeds, public Spaces, open app publishing, and public AI generation increase hosted-content operations, abuse reporting, takedown, moderation, search, discovery, and regional availability responsibilities.
Product Risk Matrix
| Surface | Risk Level | Product Implication | Current Recommendation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private Moments | Low | User-owned private memory surface with limited public discovery. | Private by default. |
| Invite-only sharing | Medium | Requires clear access control and revocation. | Allow only behind explicit sharing controls. |
| Public profile | High | Creates hosted public identity and discovery surface. | Future gated. |
| Public comments | High | Requires abuse reporting, moderation, takedown, rate limits, and audit records. | Disabled. |
| Public search | High | Makes user content discoverable and indexed. | Disabled for user content. |
| Recommendations or feed | High | Adds distribution responsibility and ranking risk. | Disabled. |
| Open app submission | High | Adds review, abuse, malware, impersonation, and moderation burden. | Off or review-only future. |
| AI-generated public posts | High | Adds generated-content abuse and attribution issues. | Disabled. |