Within minutes, Douyin’s suicide prevention squad went into action. The team, which is maintained 24 hours a day, shared the man’s posts with five Huangshi police stations. After geolocating one of his films to a local park, cops saw him in mental turmoil and intervened before he could commit suicide.
Douyin’s documentary, which was published on Chinese official media last year, included this story. It claimed that Douyin’s suicide prevention team had successfully intervened in 400 suicide attempts in just the first half of 2025.
It provided insight into the level of cooperation between Chinese technology businesses and the government. It also provides insight into China’s surveillance architecture, which is designed to monitor and control how individuals use technology.
On July 15, this year, China imposed the world’s most stringent laws on “human-like” AI chatbots, extending that authority to the sphere of relationships and artificial intelligence (AI). China’s new legislation restricts any AI that can engage in a “sustained emotional interaction” with a person.
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