Article 50(2): Synthetic Media Cryptographic Watermark Egress Gate

Statutory Framework: EU AI Act Article 50(2) (Recital 132)
Rule ID: RULE-EU-024 | Severity: PROGRAMMATIC BLOCKER
Mitigation Action: ENFORCE_C2PA_WATERMARK

1. Statutory Mandate & Legal Boundary

"Blocks network egress of generated image or audio assets unless a machine-readable C2PA metadata watermark signature is attached."

2. Technical Invariant & AST Engine Matcher

[POLICIES.RULE-EU-024]
rule_id = "RULE-EU-024"
statute = "EU AI Act Article 50(2) (Recital 132)"
severity = "BLOCKER"
action = "ENFORCE_C2PA_WATERMARK"

[ENFORCEMENT]
fail_closed = true
audit_trail = "Ed25519_DAC"
latency_max_us = 800

3. Production Python / Rust Integration

from anchor import AnchorGuard

@AnchorGuard.guard(policy="RULE-EU-024")
def process_machine_payload(payload: dict):
    # Evaluated in <0.8ms against RULE-EU-024 AST query bounds
    return compliance_engine.enforce(payload)