FTC, NY, and Article 50 are three labels
Paid endorsement, NY synthetic performer, and EU Article 50 are three duties. One badge does not clear the other two.
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Hiding Flow’s mark is not unmarked
Turning off Gemini/Flow’s visible watermark leaves SynthID and C2PA in the file. Article 50 still wants a perceivable deployer label.
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Article 50 artistic exception is narrow
Article 50's artistic exception lets you label without spoiling the work. Ads and UGC testimonials are not that exception.
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Article 50: deployer vs provider
Providers machine-mark (grace to 2 Dec 2026). Deployers label deepfakes at first exposure. On Versely you are usually the deployer.
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EU icons: generated vs modified
Use fully-generated when the whole file is synthetic; use modified when a real plate was altered. The basic icon is the third option.
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EU AI icons have a second layer
The EU basic icon can open a second interactive layer with more info. That is not a burned-in 'AI generated' line on TikTok.
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NY synthetic performer vs Article 50
NY §396-b is ads with fake non-identifiable humans ($1k/$5k). Article 50 is EU deepfake deployers (€15M or 3%). Different triggers.
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Provider watermark vs deployer label
SynthID and C2PA are provider marks in the file. The visible label is the deployer's job at publish. Provider grace ends 2 Dec 2026.
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Travel UGC cannot invent the place
Travel UGC cannot invent the place. Film or license the location; generate bags and maps, not a photoreal Santorini you never stood in.
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Pick the Article 50 icon before publish
Choose generated, modified, or the basic EU icon before you publish. Paste lines live in the disclosure template.
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AI UGC disclosure by platform
UGC-style ads with a realistic generated person need platform AI labels and, for EU audiences, an Article 50 first-exposure mark.
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Captions vs the Article 50 label
Captions are speech on screen. Article 50 is a first-exposure AI mark. One does not satisfy the other.
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Agency checklist for Article 50
Name the deployer, place the label at first exposure, pick an icon, log human review on public-interest text, and write the duty into the contract.
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Does this cut need an Article 50 label?
Label it if a real person, place or event would look authentic at first exposure. Assistive edits and pre-2 Aug published files sit outside.
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Article 50 fines: €15M or 3%
The party that failed the duty can be fined up to €15 million or 3% of worldwide turnover. Deployer or provider, not a random login.
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Article 50 timeline: dates that bind
Four dates bind Article 50: 20 Jul 2026 guidelines, 2 Aug applies, 2 Dec provider marking grace, 2 Feb 2027 watermark-detection interoperability.
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Article 50 if you are not in the EU
Duty follows the audience, not your country. A US creator with EU viewers still labels deepfakes. Pre-2 Aug published files are not retroactive.
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Article 50 disclosure template
Paste-ready Article 50 labels for video, image, audio and text, the three official EU icons, and where they go on TikTok, YouTube and Meta.
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Article 50 vs platform toggle
Article 50 is a legal duty on the deployer in the EU. A TikTok toggle is not the Act.
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The AI Act marking grace period and its limits
One Article 50 duty got a runway to 2 December 2026. Here is exactly which duties had no runway at all and were binding from day one.
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Provider or deployer: who labels under Article 50
Providers mark output in machine-readable form; deployers label deepfakes visibly on first exposure. Here is which role you occupy on a hosted generator.
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The artistic carve-out in AI Act Article 50
Evidently artistic, satirical or fictional work gets a lighter disclosure under Article 50. Here is exactly where that lighter version stops applying.
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EU AI Act Article 50 for sponsored content
Article 50 of the EU AI Act took effect August 2, 2026. A plain guide to what counts as a deepfake, when disclosure is required, and a labeling checklist.
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Article 50 deadline for grandfathered AI tools
A tool you've used since before August 2026 has a separate compliance clock running until December. Here's what changes, and what doesn't wait.
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