Label effects are context-dependent: one 2026 experiment found simple AI-authorship labels did not reduce persuasion of policy messages, while experiments on misleading synthetic images found warning labels reduced belief.

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Do AI-content labels change belief and sharing on a live social platform?Label effects are context-dependent (simple AI-authorship labels did not reduce persuasion of policy messages; warning labels reduced belief in misleading synthetic images); field trials are named as what would change it, and it licenses neither "labels work" nor "labels fail".

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Claim type: Estimate and Interpretation
Publication status: Eligible for publication, with qualifiers: context
Verification state: Checked against the primary source. Who checked this claim is not recorded for it; claim checks so far were AI-led, and no person has checked claims against their sources.
Does not license: Labels always work or labels never work
Limitations: Survey settings; label designs differ
Source (as cited): Gallegos et al., PNAS Nexus 2026; PNAS Nexus 2025 misleading-image labelling study
Source type: Peer-reviewed journal article (recorded as “Peer-reviewed experiments”)
Institutional position: Independent academic
Maturity of the evidence: Emerging evidence
Recorded date: 25 September 2026
Currentness / correction: This is the current version. No correction or concern is recorded on its sources.

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Gallegos et al., PNAS Nexus 2026 (Peer-reviewed journal article)
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PNAS Nexus 2025 misleading-image labelling study (Peer-reviewed journal article)
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Claim type (coded): ESTIMATE + INTERPRETATION (as printed: “ESTIMATE / INTERPRETATION”)
Publication status (coded): ELIGIBLE (CONTEXT) (as printed: “ELIGIBLE WITH CONTEXT QUALIFIER”)
Verification state (coded): CONTENT_VERIFIED_PRIMARY
Source type (coded): PEER_REVIEWED_JOURNAL_ARTICLE
Maturity (coded): EMERGING

#	Canonical field	Canonical value (verbatim)	Normalized (Claim Value Vocabulary v1.0.2)
1	CLAIM ID	LD10-HQ-C25	—
2	PUBLIC-FACING CLAIM	Label effects are context-dependent: one 2026 experiment found simple AI-authorship labels did not reduce persuasion of policy messages, while experiments on misleading synthetic images found warning labels reduced belief.	—
3	CLAIM TYPE	ESTIMATE / INTERPRETATION	base_types: ESTIMATE, INTERPRETATION
4	RESEARCH STRAND	F/E — Governance & trust	—
5	MATURITY	EMERGING	states: EMERGING
6	SOURCE	Gallegos et al., PNAS Nexus 2026; PNAS Nexus 2025 misleading-image labelling study	source_ids: SRC-LD10-GALLEGOS-PNAS-NEXUS-2026, SRC-LD10-PNAS-NEXUS-2025-MISLEADING-IMAGE-LABELS
7	SOURCE TYPE	Peer-reviewed experiments	classes: PEER_REVIEWED_JOURNAL_ARTICLE
8	INSTITUTIONAL POSITION	Independent academic	—
9	SCOPE	U.S. survey experiments; text and misleading images	—
10	DESIGN	Preregistered survey experiments	—
11	SAMPLE / DATASET	Gallegos policy-message study; image-label studies n=7,579	—
12	MODEL / TOOL / VERSION	AI-generated text/images	—
13	COMPARATOR	AI label, human label, no label; warning-label variants	—
14	MAIN RESULT	Simple authorship label had no significant persuasion effect in policy-text study; image warnings reduced belief	—
15	INFERENTIAL TARGET	Heterogeneity of label effectiveness by intervention/content/outcome	—
16	DOES NOT LICENSE	Labels always work or labels never work	—
17	VERIFICATION STATE	CONTENT VERIFIED	state: CONTENT_VERIFIED_PRIMARY · verified_by: UNKNOWN
18	LIMITATIONS	Survey settings; label designs differ	—
19	CONTRADICTORY / SUPPORTING SOURCES	EU law is a transparency condition, not an efficacy result	—
20	GEOGRAPHY / LANGUAGE	US / English	—
21	DISTRIBUTIONAL LEDGER	Label comprehension/effectiveness may vary across groups and contexts	—
22	R01 / FIELD-MAP LINKS	D6, D7, D4b, R-2	—
23	WHAT WOULD CHANGE THIS CLAIM?	Field trials or different provenance/harm-warning designs	—
24	PUBLICATION STATUS	ELIGIBLE WITH CONTEXT QUALIFIER	state: ELIGIBLE · qualifiers: CONTEXT
25	RECORDED DATE	2026-09-25	—

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“Gallegos et al., PNAS Nexus 2026” → Gallegos et al., PNAS Nexus 2026 (SRC-LD10-GALLEGOS-PNAS-NEXUS-2026--v1.0) — Gallegos et al., PNAS Nexus 2026; class PEER_REVIEWED_JOURNAL_ARTICLE (explicit public provenance pin)
“PNAS Nexus 2025 misleading-image labelling study” → PNAS Nexus 2025 misleading-image labelling study (SRC-LD10-PNAS-NEXUS-2025-MISLEADING-IMAGE-LABELS--v1.0) — PNAS Nexus 2025 misleading-image labelling study; class PEER_REVIEWED_JOURNAL_ARTICLE (explicit public provenance pin)

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Persuasion, Intermediation & the Information Order (v0.1) LD-10

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SocioLens project. (2026, September 25). Label effects are context-dependent: one 2026 experiment found simple AI-authorship labels did not reduce persuasion of policy messages, while experiments on misleading synthetic images found warning labels reduced belief [Claim LD10-HQ-C25, version v1.0]. SocioLens. https://sociolens-web.pages.dev/claims/ld10-hq-c25/v1.0/

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