AI Disclosure Caption Generator

The platforms do not run one shared system; they run four different ones that happen to share a goal. This table summarises the documented position of each, which is exactly what the generator above encodes.

Posting into the EU adds a legal layer on top of all four: since 2 August 2026 the EU AI Act's Article 50 transparency duties apply, so for a European audience disclosure is a legal requirement, not merely a platform preference. Check what your file already announces with the AI Label Checker — many files carry the disclosure data whether you add it or not.

A creator makes a short product teaser with Google Veo and posts it to TikTok and YouTube. The file itself carries C2PA data (the checker confirms it in seconds), but the platform steps still differ. On TikTok, the correct move is the pre-post toggle: More options → “AI-generated content” — and it must happen before posting, because TikTok states the label cannot be edited or removed afterwards; the generated caption (“this video was created with AI… nothing here is real footage”) adds the human context. On YouTube, the step is the Studio upload survey: answer the AI-use disclosure “Yes”, because the clip depicts a realistic scene that never occurred; the C2PA data would trigger an unadjustable label anyway, so self-disclosing simply gets the creator there first, with the description line generated above doing the explaining. Same file, same honesty — two different mechanics, which is precisely why a per-platform generator exists.

Every platform that has addressed the question says the label itself is not a demotion: YouTube states disclosure “won't limit a video's audience or impact its eligibility to earn money”; TikTok says the label does not affect For You eligibility for content that follows the rules; Meta has published no post-level penalty for labelled content. The documented downsides are different in kind: audience reaction (creators report accusatory comments within the first hour), viewer-side controls that let people dial down AI content on Pinterest and TikTok, and — the sharpest irony — Meta's rule limiting the reach of AI-person profiles that fail to label themselves. Against that, non-disclosure risks are concrete and escalating: removal or restriction on TikTok, Partner Program consequences on YouTube, and statutory fines in the EU. The evidence points one way: disclose.

Platform interfaces change frequently; the steps above reflect each platform's documented disclosure route, and menu wording in your app may differ slightly by version or region. The generator covers organic posts — paid advertising carries stricter rules (Meta auto-labels detected AI ads), and regulated topics such as health, finance and elections attract extra labels on some platforms regardless of disclosure. The EU note is general information about the AI Act's transparency duties, not legal advice; businesses with real exposure should confirm their obligations with a lawyer. Nothing you type into the form leaves your browser.