Binding law

What does the law require to be marked or disclosed?

Q: What does the law require to be marked or disclosed?

The COPIED Act, S. 1396 in the 119th Congress (United States, verified); The TAKE IT DOWN Act requires no provenance mark (United States, absent); South Korea's AI Basic Act and its labelling duty (South Korea, reported, primary not reached); China's Measures for Labelling AI Generated Synthetic Content (China, verified); The California AI Transparency Act, SB 942 as amended by AB 853 (United States, verified); The EU code of practice on marking and labelling of AI generated content (European Union, verified); EU AI Act Article 50(2): machine readable marking (European Union, verified).

7 records of kind binding law are on the Content Provenance Checker as of September 2026: 5 verified, 1 reported, 0 announced, 1 absent, 0 open. By jurisdiction: United States 3, European Union 2, China 1, South Korea 1.

Binding law

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VerifiedBinding lawCPS-2026-0024
The COPIED Act, S. 1396 in the 119th Congress
United States · verified 15 September 2026
The bill's long title is "To require transparency with respect to content and content provenance information, to protect artistic content, and for other purposes".
AbsentBinding lawCPS-2026-0023
The TAKE IT DOWN Act requires no provenance mark
United States · verified 15 September 2026
The Act is Public Law 119-12, enacted 19 May 2025, from S. 146, titled the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act.
Reported, primary not reachedBinding lawCPS-2026-0022
South Korea's AI Basic Act and its labelling duty
South Korea · verified 15 September 2026
The United States Department of Commerce reports that the Act and its Enforcement Decree "took effect on January 22, 2026", combining industrial promotion with baseline obligations for trust, safety, transparency and user protection.
VerifiedBinding lawCPS-2026-0021
China's Measures for Labelling AI Generated Synthetic Content
China · verified 15 September 2026
Article 5 requires service providers to add an implicit label in the file metadata of generated synthetic content, carrying attribute information, the provider's name or code and a content number.
VerifiedBinding lawCPS-2026-0020
The California AI Transparency Act, SB 942 as amended by AB 853
United States · verified 15 September 2026
SB 942 requires a covered provider to include a latent disclosure conveying the provider's name, the system name and version, the time and date of creation or alteration, and a unique identifier.
VerifiedBinding lawCPS-2026-0019
The EU code of practice on marking and labelling of AI generated content
European Union · verified 15 September 2026
The Commission describes the code as voluntary, setting out practical steps for providers and deployers of generative AI systems to meet the Article 50 transparency obligations that apply from 2 August 2026.
VerifiedBinding lawCPS-2026-0018
EU AI Act Article 50(2): machine readable marking
European Union · verified 15 September 2026
The text reads that providers "shall ensure that the outputs of the AI system are marked in a machine-readable format and detectable as artificially generated or manipulated".

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