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What this site collects and why. Updated 22 October 2026.
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Eight steps for providers
Mark at generation, attach a C2PA manifest, offer free detection, test, document. A checklist you can tick, with the detail for each step.
Open the checklist → Exemption test · Art. 50(2)Narrow ways out
Assistive editing, output authorised for criminal-offence work and the real-time carve-out, against what keeps you in scope.
Run the exemption test → Vendors comparedWhat each vendor says about itself
Verda, SynthID, Adobe Content Authenticity and Meta AudioSeal / Video Seal on eight criteria, from each company's public site.
Compare vendors → Marking approachesWhy the Code asks for two layers
Manifests are stripped on re-upload. The watermark persists. C2PA, labels, fingerprinting, classifiers and watermarks compared.
Compare approaches → TimelineDeadlines
New systems mark from 2 August 2026, systems already on the market from 2 December 2026, interoperable detection by 2 February 2027.
Full timeline →