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Etsy now requires sellers to include at least one unaltered photo in every listing, bans bot-generated content

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Etsy is mandating unaltered product photos in listings and barring AI-generated and bot-created content from its 6 million sellers.

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Etsy is enforcing a new policy requiring sellers to include at least one unaltered photograph in every listing and prohibiting bot-generated listings and AI-created patterns or recipes. The platform will expand enforcement of these rules in the coming months across its base of nearly 6 million sellers. As reported by PPC Land, this policy shift aims to ensure authenticity and human-created content on the marketplace.

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