How Meta decides to show an AI Info label
Meta's AI Info label fires from industry-standard file signals or from self-disclosure. Which of those you control, and why a real photo can still get labelled.
Meta's AI Info label fires from industry-standard file signals or from self-disclosure. Which of those you control, and why a real photo can still get labelled.
Since May 2026, photorealistic AI labels sit below the long-form player and overlay Shorts. Unrealistic and minor edits stay in the expanded description.
YouTube applies AI labels from three sources you don't fully control. Know which ones fire automatically before you decide what the upload toggle is for.
Detecting fakes is a race with no finish line. The alternative gaining ground is signing real media at capture — which flips what 'unlabeled' means.
YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest each label AI content differently. A working checklist for one asset published across all five.
Once you have to disclose AI use, the disclosure becomes copy. Placement, wording and the specific ways a technically-correct label still fails.