{
  "metadata": {
    "name": "AI Content Platform Policy Matrix 2026",
    "description": "A 9-platform matrix of how the major creator and marketplace platforms treat AI-generated content as of mid-2026: whether AI is allowed, whether disclosure is required and how, whether the work is monetizable, the detection method each platform uses, and the strike risk. Each cell is dated and source-linked.",
    "platformCount": 9,
    "modalitiesCovered": ["music", "video", "image", "text"],
    "datePublished": "2026-06-11",
    "dateModified": "2026-06-11",
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "canonicalUrl": "https://rinzara.com/research/ai-content-platform-policy-2026/",
    "methodology": "Each platform's current stance was read from its official policy pages and corroborating 2025-2026 reporting, recorded per modality. Fields: aiAllowed, disclosure (and disclosureHow), monetizable (and conditions), detection method, strikeRisk, and strikeTriggers. Every entry carries a lastVerified date and primary source URLs. Terms change roughly monthly; verify against the platform's live policy before acting.",
    "fields": ["id", "name", "modalities", "aiAllowed", "disclosure", "disclosureHow", "monetizable", "detection", "strikeRisk", "strikeTriggers", "lastVerified", "sources"],
    "disclaimer": "This is a research dataset summarizing public platform policy, not legal advice. Platform terms and copyright law change; verify against primary sources before any commercial decision."
  },
  "platforms": [
    {
      "id": "spotify", "name": "Spotify", "modalities": ["music"],
      "aiAllowed": "yes",
      "disclosure": "required-via-distributor",
      "disclosureHow": "Distributor submits a standardized DDEX AI disclosure in track credits; a Spotify beta launched 2026-04-16 surfaces these in Song Credits.",
      "monetizable": "yes",
      "detection": "Behavioral spam filter (from Sept 2025) that stops recommending mass uploads, duplicates, and metadata manipulation; watches uploader behavior, not the audio.",
      "strikeRisk": "low-if-compliant",
      "strikeTriggers": "Impersonating a real artist, mass/spam uploading, or non-disclosure caught later (disclosure itself carries no penalty).",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08",
      "sources": ["https://newsroom.spotify.com/2025-09-25/spotify-strengthens-ai-protections/", "https://www.chartlex.com/blog/business/spotify-ai-song-credits-disclosure-2026"]
    },
    {
      "id": "youtube-music", "name": "YouTube (music / Content ID)", "modalities": ["music"],
      "aiAllowed": "yes",
      "disclosure": "required",
      "disclosureHow": "AI disclosure mandatory since 2024, enforced more strictly in 2026; disclosure alone does not disqualify monetization.",
      "monetizable": "conditional",
      "detection": "Signal-level matching for near-identical duplicates plus melodic-pattern detection across notes, harmonies, and rhythms.",
      "strikeRisk": "medium",
      "strikeTriggers": "Reproducing a protected melody, imitating a real artist, mass-generated near-identical tracks, or failing to disclose. Amuse disabled Content ID for AI music in 2026.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08",
      "sources": ["https://lastplaydistro.com/blog/youtube-content-id-ai-generated-music-policy-2026-what-creators-must-know", "https://dynamoi.com/learn/ai-music-distribution/is-ai-music-allowed-on-youtube"]
    },
    {
      "id": "youtube-video", "name": "YouTube (video)", "modalities": ["video"],
      "aiAllowed": "yes",
      "disclosure": "required-if-realistic",
      "disclosureHow": "'Altered or Synthetic content' disclosure required when AI video is realistic enough to be mistaken for real; set in the upload flow.",
      "monetizable": "yes",
      "detection": "Synthetic-media detection plus standard Content ID for any music or footage you did not create.",
      "strikeRisk": "low-if-disclosed",
      "strikeTriggers": "Undisclosed realistic synthetic media, or third-party music/footage you do not own; mass 'AI slop' is de-prioritized.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08",
      "sources": ["https://imusician.pro/en/resources/blog/youtube-to-prioritize-managing-ai-slop-in-2026", "https://influencermarketinghub.com/ai-disclosure-rules/"]
    },
    {
      "id": "etsy", "name": "Etsy", "modalities": ["image", "music", "video"],
      "aiAllowed": "yes-with-rules",
      "disclosure": "required",
      "disclosureHow": "Select 'Designed by' (not 'I made it') and add an explicit AI-disclosure statement; the work must come from your own original prompt.",
      "monetizable": "yes",
      "detection": "Aggressive ML detection on text and images; in Q1 2026 Etsy removed 12,000+ listings and warned 8,500+ accounts.",
      "strikeRisk": "medium",
      "strikeTriggers": "Claiming 'I made it', omitting the AI disclosure, or selling banned raw prompt bundles.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08",
      "sources": ["https://www.etsy.com/seller-handbook/article/1275449912004", "https://www.inkfluenceai.com/blog/etsy-ai-disclosure-explained-2026"]
    },
    {
      "id": "adobe-stock", "name": "Adobe Stock", "modalities": ["image", "video"],
      "aiAllowed": "yes-with-rules",
      "disclosure": "required",
      "disclosureHow": "Tick 'Created using generative AI tools' on submission; prompts/metadata may not contain artist names, real people, or in-copyright works.",
      "monetizable": "yes",
      "detection": "Manual and automated review against submission rules; IP references in prompts/metadata are a common rejection.",
      "strikeRisk": "low-if-compliant",
      "strikeTriggers": "Unlabeled AI content, IP/celebrity references in metadata, or identifiable people without a release.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08",
      "sources": ["https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/generative-ai-content.html"]
    },
    {
      "id": "amazon-kdp", "name": "Amazon KDP", "modalities": ["image", "text"],
      "aiAllowed": "yes",
      "disclosure": "required",
      "disclosureHow": "Inform Amazon of AI-generated content on publish/republish; AI-assisted (your own work refined with AI) need not be disclosed. Disclosure is not shown to buyers.",
      "monetizable": "yes",
      "detection": "Disclosure is self-declared; non-disclosure discovered later is enforced.",
      "strikeRisk": "medium",
      "strikeTriggers": "Failing to disclose AI-generated content can result in book removal or account suspension.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08",
      "sources": ["https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200672390", "https://authorsguild.org/news/amazons-new-disclosure-policy-for-ai-generated-book-content-is-a-welcome-first-step/"]
    },
    {
      "id": "artstation", "name": "ArtStation", "modalities": ["image", "video"],
      "aiAllowed": "yes-with-rules",
      "disclosure": "required-in-marketplace",
      "disclosureHow": "Tag Marketplace content 'CreatedWithAI' if generative AI was used; artists can apply a 'NoAI' tag to opt out of training.",
      "monetizable": "yes",
      "detection": "Tag-based plus community reporting; filtering hides AI work from default galleries and search.",
      "strikeRisk": "low-if-tagged",
      "strikeTriggers": "Selling AI work in the Marketplace without the CreatedWithAI tag; community is openly hostile to undisclosed AI.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08",
      "sources": ["https://help.artstation.com/s/article/11451085663501-Use-of-AI-Software-on-ArtStation"]
    },
    {
      "id": "tiktok", "name": "TikTok", "modalities": ["video", "image"],
      "aiAllowed": "yes",
      "disclosure": "required-if-realistic",
      "disclosureHow": "Label any AI content a reasonable viewer could mistake for real; TikTok auto-detects via C2PA Content Credentials and invisible watermarking.",
      "monetizable": "yes",
      "detection": "C2PA Content Credentials, invisible watermark detection, and detection models; integrated C2PA Jan 2025 and labeled 1.3B+ AI videos.",
      "strikeRisk": "medium",
      "strikeTriggers": "Unlabeled realistic AI content is removed automatically.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08",
      "sources": ["https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/new-labels-for-disclosing-ai-generated-content", "https://storrito.com/resources/tiktoks-2026-ai-labeling-rules-and-what-they-signal-for-platform-governance/"]
    },
    {
      "id": "instagram", "name": "Instagram / Meta", "modalities": ["image", "video"],
      "aiAllowed": "yes",
      "disclosure": "required-if-realistic",
      "disclosureHow": "Label digitally generated/altered photorealistic video or realistic audio via the in-app setting before posting; relies on self-declaration plus partner-tool metadata.",
      "monetizable": "yes",
      "detection": "Self-declaration plus embedded-metadata detection from partner tools.",
      "strikeRisk": "low-if-disclosed",
      "strikeTriggers": "Undisclosed realistic synthetic media.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08",
      "sources": ["https://influencermarketinghub.com/ai-disclosure-rules/"]
    }
  ]
}