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Article 50 for Marketing Teams

Last updated: 8 November 2026

Article 50 for marketing teams is about realism, not AI use. AI-drafted copy and stylised visuals usually fall outside it; photorealistic AI people, voice clones and realistic scenes that would appear authentic are deep fakes, which the deployer must disclose under Article 50(4). The free Article50.io scan checks a public landing page and shows the most severe finding.

The most common gap is a photorealistic AI “customer” in an ad. Here's how to sort your assets.

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Does Article 50 apply to you?

It's likely relevant if you…

✔Run campaigns with photorealistic AI-generated people — models, "customers", spokespeople
✔Use AI voice clones or synthetic video of real people, including your own executives
✔Publish realistic AI-generated scenes of real places or events
✔Run an AI chatbot on campaign landing pages

It's probably not relevant if…

—You use AI for ideation, internal drafts or copy editing, and the published assets are human-made
—AI-written marketing copy: ordinary promotional text generally isn't "public-interest" text under Article 50(4)
—Your AI visuals are clearly illustrated, stylised or fantastical and wouldn't pass as authentic

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Which parts of Article 50 apply, and why

Art. 50(4) — realistic campaign assets

AI-generated or manipulated images, audio or video that resemble real people, objects, places or events and would falsely appear authentic are deep fakes (Art. 3(60)). The deployer — whoever uses the AI system under its authority (Art. 3(4)), which for an in-house team is your organisation — must disclose them.

Art. 50(2) — keep the marking

Your image, video and voice tools must mark their output machine-readably; that's their duty as providers. Yours is not to strip it when assets are edited, compressed or resized for channels.

Invented people can count

Paragraph 113 (C(2026) 7702 final, 5 November 2026, non-binding) reads "existing persons" as including people who could plausibly exist. That is only the resemblance side. Paragraph 114 still requires a false appearance of authenticity in context, and photorealism alone is not determinative. Deepfake rules →

The most common gap: a photorealistic AI “customer” in an ad

AI makes it cheap to generate a smiling, photorealistic customer for a testimonial or a lifestyle shot. Viewers taking that person for real is relevant, but photorealism alone does not make it a deep fake. Where appreciable resemblance and a false appearance of authenticity in context are both met, disclose it where people see it.

If an agency produced the asset, agree who adds the label — see Article 50 for agencies. Wording to start from is in the deepfake disclosure template.

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The free scan checks your public web pages, including campaign landing pages: AI chat widgets without a disclosure, and AI-generated content markers without a visible label. It doesn't review ads running on social platforms or ad networks.

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