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AI content labeling laws, compared
Who must mark AI-generated content, how, from when, and what happens if they don't, across the EU, California, India, South Korea and China. Each row links to our full page on that law.
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| Law | Applies from | Who owes it | Machine-readable mark | Visible notice | Penalty | Enforced by | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European UnionEU AI Act · Article 50 | 2 Aug 2026 | Providers and deployers | Yes | For specific cases | Up to €15M or 3% (Art. 50 tier) | AI Office · national authorities | 7 Sep 2026 |
| CaliforniaAI Transparency Act · SB 942 | 2 Aug 2026 | Covered providers (1M+ monthly users) | Latent disclosure | Offer only | $5,000 per violation, per day | Attorney General, city attorneys, county counsel | — |
| IndiaIT Amendment Rules, 2026 | 20 Feb 2026 | Intermediaries; significant platforms verify | Where feasible | Yes | No fine; loss of safe harbour | Not stated | — |
| South KoreaAI Framework Act | 22 Jan 2026 | AI business operators | Optional | Yes | KRW 30m | Fines deferred; duties apply | — |
| ChinaCAC labelling Measures | 1 Sep 2025 | Providers, platforms, app stores, users | Yes | Conditional | None in the Measures | Competent departments; CAC sweeps | — |
Cells say only what our page on each law states. "Not stated" means our page doesn't say. India and Korea's grace periods, California's later classes and China's next steps have no stated date.
Where they differ most
California binds one class of duty holder, prescribes four data elements and runs a 96-hour licence-revocation clock. Article 50 splits duties between provider and deployer and prescribes no data elements. India excludes text; the EU puts it on the face of the provision.
Notices, machine-readable marking, deepfake disclosure.
Read the page CALIFORNIAAI Transparency Act (SB 942)Latent disclosure, a free detection tool, 96-hour revocation.
Read the page INDIAIT Amendment Rules, 2026Visible labels and embedded provenance for synthetic media.
Read the page SOUTH KOREAAI Framework ActAdvance notice and labels for generative output.
Read the page CHINACAC labelling MeasuresA metadata label in every file; visible labels where triggered.
Read the pageOptional evidence: a sealed record anyone can check. Not a legal finding.
What a receipt provesSources
Compiled from Planisphere's regulation pages. Each law's page lists its own sources and the date it was checked.