Law note · European Union

Digital Services Act, Article 35(1)(k) (systemic risk mitigation, synthetic media marking)

Citation	Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, Article 35(1)(k)
Status	In effect
In force	2023-08-25
Reviewed	as of 2026-08-14

As one of the listed, non-exhaustive systemic-risk mitigation measures a designated very large online platform or search engine may adopt, the provider should ensure that generated or manipulated content resembling real persons, objects, places, or events, and that would falsely appear authentic, is distinguishable through prominent markings when presented on the platform, alongside an easy-to-use flagging function. This is materially narrower than AI Act Article 50: it binds only Commission-designated VLOPs and VLOSEs as a risk-mitigation option, not every provider or publisher as a freestanding labeling mandate.

Primary source: official consolidated regulation text, EUR-Lex
on review, a direct EUR-Lex fetch of Article 35 could not be completed because the consolidated regulation page exceeds this tooling's retrieval window, but the exact Article 35(1)(k) wording, including the paragraph 1 chapeau (systemic-risk mitigation measures the provider may adopt, where applicable) and the letter (k) position, was cross-checked word for word across three independent legal trackers (streamlex.eu, eu-digital-services-act.com, CMS) in agreement, corroborating that this is an illustrative, non-exhaustive list item rather than a standalone mandate

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