ResearchBuzz: FirehoseTubefilter: YouTube is making AI labels easier to read (and applying them automatically). “A pivot to ‘automatic AI detection’ will make YouTube’s disclosures even more efficient. Beginning this month, YouTube will automatically apply AI labels when its systems pick up on ‘significant photorealistic AI use.'”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/29/tubefilter-youtube-is-making-ai-labels-easier-to-read-and-applying-them-automatically/
Search Engine Roundtable: Google To Label Some Search Ads With “Not A Government Website”. “Google explained that if a search ad is promoting categories of government documents and services enforced under the Government documents and services policy, and it is not certified as a government provider, Google may add that label on it.”
Tubefilter: Disney fined $10 million for failing to label YouTube videos as “made for kids”. “The Mouse House has agreed to pay its own $10 million fine to the FTC for failing to label its YouTube videos as made for kids, thus resulting in ad data being collected from users under 13.”
PPC LandChina implements mandatory AI content labeling standards effective September: China becomes first country to require comprehensive labeling of AI-generated content across all platforms and formats starting September 1, 2025. https://ppc.land/china-implements-mandatory-ai-content-labeling-standards-effective-september/ #China #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ContentLabeling #TechPolicy
The Sun (Malaysia): Malaysia may require AI-generated content labels under new Online Safety Act . “The government is exploring the possibility of making it compulsory to label artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content under the upcoming Online Safety Act 2024.”
The Conversation: Africa’s data workers are being exploited by foreign tech firms – 4 ways to protect them. “Since 2015, we have been studying the central role of African data workers in building and maintaining artificial intelligence (AI) systems, acting as ‘data janitors’. Our research found that companies rarely acknowledge the use of human workers in AI value chains, thus they […]
The Register: Mental toll: Scale AI, Outlier sued by humans paid to steer AI away from our darkest depths . “Scale AI, which labels training data for machine-learning models, was sued this month, alongside labor platform Outlier, for allegedly failing to protect the mental health of contractors hired to protect people from harmful interactions with AI models.”
Mashable: X announces labels for parody accounts . “On Thursday, X’s official Safety account shared a post announcing that labels for parody accounts are rolling out.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/11/mashable-x-announces-labels-for-parody-accounts/
PUPUWEB BlogX is rolling out labels for parody or satire accounts to enhance transparency. Accounts must apply for the labels themselves to help distinguish them from others. 🐦🎭 #X #SocialMediaTransparency #Satire #ParodyAccounts #ContentLabeling #FakeNews #DigitalAuthenticity
Associated Press: New labels will help people pick devices less at risk of hacking. “The federal government is rolling out a consumer labeling system designed to help Americans pick smart devices that are less vulnerable to hacking. Under the voluntary program, called the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark Initiative, manufacturers can affix the label on their products if they meet federal cybersecurity […]