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  "id": "youtube-requires-disclosure-of-realistic-ai-content",
  "slug": "youtube-requires-disclosure-of-realistic-ai-content",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/youtube-requires-disclosure-of-realistic-ai-content/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/youtube-requires-disclosure-of-realistic-ai-content.json",
  "claim": "YouTube requires creators to disclose AI-generated or altered content that seems realistic",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Do I have to label AI videos on YouTube?\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "YouTube Help (Google)",
    "title": "Disclosing use of altered or synthetic content",
    "year": "2024"
  },
  "quote": "We require creators to disclose AI-generated or altered content that seems realistic. Creators can make this disclosure during the upload process.",
  "method": "Official platform policy.",
  "drift": [
    "None — non-realistic content and minor edits don't need disclosure"
  ],
  "interest": "YouTube sets and enforces the policy.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "YouTube's policy requires creators to disclose, at upload, AI-generated or altered content that seems realistic.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "YouTube Help — Disclosing use of altered or synthetic content",
      "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/14328491?hl=en",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Help page as read on 2026-10-16",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}