From YouTube Privacy Guidelines (R1): "altered" or "synthetic" content is content that looks or sounds like a person but was significantly edited or generated by AI; examples are face replacement and simulated audio of someone saying things they did not say. To qualify for removal the content...

From YouTube Privacy Guidelines (R1): "altered" or "synthetic" content is content that looks or sounds like a person but was significantly edited or generated by AI; examples are face replacement and simulated audio of someone saying things they did not say. To qualify for removal the content should show a "realistic altered or synthetic version" of the person's likeness; review considers whether the content is altered/synthetic, whether it is disclosed to viewers as such, whether the person is uniquely identifiable, whether it is realistic, whether it has parody, satire or other public-interest value, and whether it features a public figure or well-known individual "engaging in a sensitive behavior, such as criminal activity, violence, or endorsing a product or political candidate". General rules: the person must be uniquely identifiable (image, voice, full name or other identifiers - a first name or a fleeting image usually is not enough); complaints must be first-party except for listed cases (no internet access, vulnerable person, parent/guardian, legal representative, close family of a deceased person); YouTube may give the uploader time to trim or blur before review, and closes the complaint if the video is removed; the complainant's identity is not shared with the uploader. Practical consequence for AI creators: a disclosure label alone does not immunise realistic synthetic likeness; fake celebrity endorsements are named as a sensitive category (contrast the celebrity/athlete ad demos flagged in C3-B511-01 and C3-B514-01). Enrolled creators can find such uploads with likeness detection (C3-B498-01). Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Undated YouTube Help page as served 2026-10-23; availability changes frequently. Outcome statistics not published. Not legal advice. Limitations: Undated help page; outcome statistics not published; jurisdictional rights (publicity, defamation) are separate from YouTube policy. Not legal advice. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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      "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7671399?hl=en",
      "note": "Report AI-generated or other synthetic content; review factors; What does uniquely identifiable mean?"
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