AI video rules on YouTube, TikTok and Facebook, side by side
Sources: YouTube monetization policies · YouTube Shorts monetization · TikTok Creator Rewards · TikTok AI-generated content · Meta unoriginal content · Meta AI labels.
Labels
| YouTube | TikTok | Facebook / Instagram | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What must be labelled | Realistic AI-generated or altered content | Realistic AI images, audio and video | May be required for photorealistic video or realistic audio |
| Where you set it | Studio: Attributes, AI use | Next, More options, AI-generated content | When sharing, where offered |
| Auto label | Its GenAI tools, C2PA metadata, its detection | Its AI effects, Content Credentials | Industry signals it can read (AI info) |
| Label and reach / earnings | “won't limit a video's audience” or earning eligibility | Won't affect distribution if within guidelines | Penalties possible if a required label is missing |
| Cartoons / non-realistic | Its examples: no disclosure needed | Defined as AIGC; requirement worded around realistic | Its example: cartoon-style landscape, no label |
Earning
| YouTube | TikTok | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Program | YouTube Partner Program | Creator Rewards Program | Facebook monetisation programmes |
| Entry threshold | 1,000 subs + 4,000 hours (12 months) or 10M Shorts views (90 days) | 10,000 followers + 100,000 views (30 days), 18+, 8 countries | Not covered on the pages quoted here |
| Video rule | Not mass-produced, generic, repetitive or manipulative | Original, over 1 minute, 1,000 For You views | Not reused without credit |
| AI named in the money rules? | Yes: allowed and not-allowed AI examples | No; “minimal original input” is ineligible | No |
| Shorts-style rule | 45% creator share; module; 10M views/90 days from Feb 1, 2027 | — | — |
The common thread
Read side by side, the three pages draw the line in the same place. A video made from your own idea, with your own characters, that continues a story is described approvingly on YouTube's page and is not what TikTok's or Meta's originality rules target. A feed of templated clips or reposted material is what all three describe as ineligible. The label is a separate question in every case, and all three tie it to how realistic the content looks or sounds.
Per platform: YouTube monetization · YouTube Shorts · TikTok Creator Rewards · TikTok labels · Facebook · Instagram and Facebook labels.
One SceneMixer episode, three uploads
- Shape it per platform. 9:16 Portrait for Shorts, TikTok and Reels; 16:9 Landscape for long YouTube videos. The choice is made in step 1. Posting guide.
- Length. TikTok's rewards want over a minute; an episode runs as long as its segments, up to 60.
- Upload the download. The download is the full-quality file; the copy the site streams is lighter. Original and play versions.
- The corner badge. Free accounts' videos carry a small SceneMixer AIGC badge in the bottom-right corner; on a paid membership it is off by default and you can switch it back on. It is a mark in the picture, not a platform setting. The AI badge switch.
SceneMixer's Terms say that if your output is delivered without the visible label, you are responsible for any AI disclosure required where you publish it, and that you must follow the AI-content rules of the platforms you publish on (Terms, section 06).
Make it in SceneMixer, start to finish
- Script: paste your own on Upload Script, or write the brief above in AI Create and let it draft the episodes.
- Step 1: Type Short Drama; Scene Style Urban Opulence, Campus Youth; Costume Style Streetwear, Smart Casual; Visual Style Digital HD; Target Region; dialogue language; 9:16 Portrait. Then read the script.
- Step 2: Draw the cast once; the same episodes can go out on every platform, each upload labelled the way that platform asks. The first 15 setup images on an account are free.
- Storyboard: generate episode 1 first (free on your first drama) and read it before you render anything. One place per segment.
- Video: render on the default tier at 10 credits a second, fix single shots instead of whole episodes, then put the episode together and post.
| Platform page | What it covers | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube channel monetization policies | Inauthentic content, AI examples, enforcement | November 14, 2026 |
| YouTube Partner Program eligibility | Thresholds | November 14, 2026 |
| YouTube Shorts monetization policies | 45% share, module, views, Feb 2027 rule | November 14, 2026 |
| YouTube, Disclosing use of GenAI content | Labels | November 14, 2026 |
| TikTok Creator Rewards Program | Eligibility, ineligible content | November 14, 2026 |
| TikTok, About AI-generated content | Labels, bans | November 14, 2026 |
| Meta, Combating unoriginal content | Reuse, penalties | November 14, 2026 |
| Meta, How to identify AI content | Labels | November 14, 2026 |
FAQ
Which platform is best for AI videos?
Their pages don't rank themselves, and neither does this one. All three ask for labels on realistic AI content and exclude copied or templated content from earning; thresholds differ.
Do all platforms require AI labels?
YouTube and TikTok require them for realistic AI content; Meta says it may require them for photorealistic video or realistic audio.
Which platform names AI in its money rules?
YouTube's monetization page has explicit allowed and not-allowed AI examples. TikTok's and Meta's pages quoted here talk about originality and reuse instead.
What are the earning thresholds?
YouTube: 1,000 subscribers with 4,000 watch hours in 12 months or 10 million Shorts views in 90 days. TikTok: 10,000 followers and 100,000 views in 30 days, videos over a minute.
Can one AI episode go to all three?
Yes, if it meets each one's rules. Export vertical for Shorts, TikTok and Reels, and set each platform's AI label when it applies. That is how a SceneMixer episode is meant to travel: one vertical file, three uploads.
Is this policy advice?
No. Every line is quoted from the platform's page with a check date.
One episode, three platforms
Make it once in SceneMixer and post it the way each platform asks.
Updated November 14, 2026