Snap Bans Pure AI-Generated Videos from Spotlight, LinkedIn Adds AI Slop Reporting

The Decoder · rss · 2026-08-02

Social platforms are actively fighting back against the flood of low-quality AI-generated content. Snap has banned purely AI-generated videos from its Spotlight feed to prioritize human creativity, though content edited with Snapchat's native AI tools remains permitted. Meanwhile, LinkedIn has introduced a dedicated reporting button specifically for users to flag "AI slop."

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