EU AI Act Article 50 transparency obligations applying from 2 August 2026 require disclosure for chatbot interaction and clear labelling in key cases including deepfakes and AI-generated/manipulated public-interest text; the voluntary Code provides compliance guidance.

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Claim LD10-HQ-C24 (v1.0)

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EU AI Act Article 50 transparency obligations applying from 2 August 2026 require disclosure for chatbot interaction and clear labelling in key cases including deepfakes and AI-generated/manipulated public-interest text; the voluntary Code provides compliance guidance.

Provenance and status

Claim type: Fact
Publication status: Eligible for publication
Verification state: Checked against the primary source. Who checked this claim is not recorded for it; claim checks so far were AI-led, and no person has checked claims against their sources.
Does not license: Effectiveness in reducing persuasion, misinformation or sharing
Limitations: Implementation/enforcement outcomes not yet mature
Source (as cited): European Commission, final Transparency Code, 10 Jun 2026; AI Act Art. 50
Source type: Government document, Legal text (recorded as “Legal-policy primary”)
Institutional position: EU institutions
Maturity of the evidence: Rapidly maturing evidence
Recorded date: 25 September 2026
Currentness / correction: This is not the current version. No correction or concern is recorded on its sources.

Sources this version cites

European Commission, final Transparency Code, 10 Jun 2026 (Government document)
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AI Act Art. 50 (Legal text)
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Version

This page shows version v1.0. Its record never changes, even when newer evidence arrives; the site may add a note to the page or withhold a figure not cleared for public use.

NEWER VERSION EXISTS: read the current version, v1.1 (LD10-HQ-C24--v1.1). This version is explicitly superseded by LD10-HQ-C24--v1.1.

Versions: v1.0, v1.1 · current

Raw record: every recorded field, with its coded values

All 25 canonical Claim fields, verbatim, with the coded values derived from them. The plain-language labels above are read from these.

Claim type (coded): FACT (as printed: “FACT”)
Publication status (coded): ELIGIBLE (as printed: “ELIGIBLE”)
Verification state (coded): CONTENT_VERIFIED_PRIMARY
Source type (coded): GOVERNMENT_PRIMARY, LEGAL_PRIMARY
Maturity (coded): RAPIDLY_MATURING

#	Canonical field	Canonical value (verbatim)	Normalized (Claim Value Vocabulary v1.0.2)
1	CLAIM ID	LD10-HQ-C24	—
2	PUBLIC-FACING CLAIM	EU AI Act Article 50 transparency obligations applying from 2 August 2026 require disclosure for chatbot interaction and clear labelling in key cases including deepfakes and AI-generated/manipulated public-interest text; the voluntary Code provides compliance guidance.	—
3	CLAIM TYPE	FACT	base_types: FACT
4	RESEARCH STRAND	F — Platform/jurisdiction governance	—
5	MATURITY	RAPIDLY MATURING	states: RAPIDLY_MATURING
6	SOURCE	European Commission, final Transparency Code, 10 Jun 2026; AI Act Art. 50	source_ids: SRC-LD10-EC-TRANSPARENCY-CODE-2026-06-10, SRC-LD10-EU-AI-ACT-ART-50
7	SOURCE TYPE	Legal-policy primary	classes: GOVERNMENT_PRIMARY, LEGAL_PRIMARY
8	INSTITUTIONAL POSITION	EU institutions	—
9	SCOPE	EU; obligations applicable from 2 Aug 2026	—
10	DESIGN	Legal-documentary	—
11	SAMPLE / DATASET	n.a.	—
12	MODEL / TOOL / VERSION	Generative/interactive AI systems	—
13	COMPARATOR	n.a.	—
14	MAIN RESULT	Transparency duties in force; voluntary Code supports compliance	—
15	INFERENTIAL TARGET	Institutional condition on information provenance	—
16	DOES NOT LICENSE	Effectiveness in reducing persuasion, misinformation or sharing	—
17	VERIFICATION STATE	CONTENT VERIFIED	state: CONTENT_VERIFIED_PRIMARY · verified_by: UNKNOWN
18	LIMITATIONS	Implementation/enforcement outcomes not yet mature	—
19	CONTRADICTORY / SUPPORTING SOURCES	C25 label evidence shows effects depend on design/content/outcome	—
20	GEOGRAPHY / LANGUAGE	EU / multilingual legal regime	—
21	DISTRIBUTIONAL LEDGER	Transparency access may aid users but downstream incidence unmeasured	—
22	R01 / FIELD-MAP LINKS	D6, D7, D4b	—
23	WHAT WOULD CHANGE THIS CLAIM?	Amendment, enforcement data or court interpretation	—
24	PUBLICATION STATUS	ELIGIBLE	state: ELIGIBLE
25	RECORDED DATE	2026-09-25	—

Field 22 references resolved against Field Map v0.2: D6 (DOMAIN); D7 (DOMAIN); D4b (SUB_AREA)

The sources as recorded, with their record IDs and coded source types:

Pinned Sources (field 6, version-specific)

“European Commission, final Transparency Code, 10 Jun 2026” → European Commission, final Transparency Code, 10 Jun 2026 (SRC-LD10-EC-TRANSPARENCY-CODE-2026-06-10--v1.0) — European Commission, final Transparency Code, 10 Jun 2026; class GOVERNMENT_PRIMARY (explicit public provenance pin)
“AI Act Art. 50” → AI Act Art. 50 (SRC-LD10-EU-AI-ACT-ART-50--v1.0) — AI Act Art. 50; class LEGAL_PRIMARY (explicit public provenance pin)

Cited by Living Debate versions

Persuasion, Intermediation & the Information Order (v0.1) LD-10

Cite this page

SocioLens project. (2026, September 25). EU AI Act Article 50 transparency obligations applying from 2 August 2026 require disclosure for chatbot interaction and clear labelling in key cases including deepfakes and AI-generated/manipulated public-interest text; the voluntary Code provides compliance guidance [Claim LD10-HQ-C24, version v1.0]. SocioLens. https://sociolens-web.pages.dev/claims/ld10-hq-c24/v1.0/

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Research-of-record provenance

Materialized by sociolens-materializer 0.6.0 at 2026-09-28T20:00:00.000Z; normalization contract SocioLens — Claim Value Vocabulary v1.0.2 — Pre-Spike Materialization Contract (v1.0.2). Content seal SHA-256 49a9043ebbb4a2472116e97f228d7ed8d64325c3c31337398ca82ed2fb9271e1.

Frozen Drive-derived inputs

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Builder decisions (not Drive data)

VERSION = v1.0 — basis: Claim version taken from the canonical ledger artifact version (R07 — LD-10 Canonical Claim Ledger v1.0); Implementation Architecture Selection §5 logical_id/version convention.
CURRENT_POINTER = false — basis: not current: superseded by LD10-HQ-C24--v1.1 (manifest supersedes relation)
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