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New YouTube policy lets you request the removal of AI-generated content that uses your likeness

YouTube quietly added a new policy last month that lets you request the removal of AI-generated content featuring your likeness. The new privacy violation allows you to flag videos that “used AI to alter or create synthetic content that looks or sounds like you.”

The new privacy violation policy, first spotted by TechCrunch ’s Sarah Perez, allows you to flag videos that “used AI to alter or create synthetic content that looks or sounds like you.” Another factor is whether it includes a public figure (or other well-known individual) “engaging in a sensitive behavior,” like crime, violence or endorsing a product or political candidate. At the time, it promised, “In parallel, as we previously announced, we’re continuing to work towards an updated privacy process for people to request the removal of AI-generated or other synthetic or altered content that simulates an identifiable individual, including their face or voice.”

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