As the conflict continues between the United States, Israel, and Iran, social media company
Nikita Bia, the platform’s head of product, said in a statement on Tuesday that it is important for citizens to have access to authentic information about X during armed conflicts.
He added that users found responsible for sharing fake videos without a disclaimer during a dispute will be removed from the Creator Revenue Sharing Program for 90 days, and any subsequent violations will result in a permanent suspension.
“Today, we are revising our Creator Revenue Sharing Policy to maintain the authenticity of content on our timeline and prevent tampering with our programming. In times of war, it’s important that people have access to authentic information on the ground. With today’s AI technology, it’s easy to create content that can mislead people.”
“Going forward, any user who posts an AI-generated video of armed conflict without adding an additional disclosure that it was created by AI will be suspended from creator revenue sharing for 90 days. Any subsequent violation will result in a permanent suspension from the program,” Bier said.
Mr Beer stressed the importance of the public trusting X as a reliable source of information at critical moments.
“This is reported to us by posts with community notes, or when the content includes metadata (or other signals) from generated AI tools. We will continue to improve our policies and products so that X can be trusted in these critical moments,” he said.
Observers noted that the policy would be a huge blow to some netizens who engage in a business widely known as “farming” by intentionally publishing false content on X and generating reactions in order to make money through creator revenue sharing programs.
