# Google Warns Against Deceptive Authorship Information Within Content > Source: > Published: 2026-10-06 11:11:00+00:00 Around the same time Google updated its helpful content search documentation with [defining main content and the new EOT/SA sections](https://www.seroundtable.com/google-helpful-content-main-content-and-eot-sa-42218.html), Google also posted a warning to "avoid using deceptive authorship information." Google [added](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/creating-helpful-content#ask-who-how-why) this paraphraph: However, avoid using deceptive authorship information. Fabricating creator profiles (such as by using AI-generated headshots, made-up names, or false credentials to make content appear as if it was written by human experts) is a form of deception. Any form of deception makes a page untrustworthy to both users and our automated quality systems, and is a signal of a low-quality page. Google previously communicated to us that it was [not worried about faking author information](https://www.seroundtable.com/google-spam-author-url-31913.html) but I guess times have changed. Google is now saying: - Don't use deceptive authorship - Don't fake creator profiles - Don't use AI-generated headshots - Don't make up author names - Don't fake author credentials If you do these things, Google said it is a "form of deception" and makes the page "untrustworthy" and is a signal of "low-quality." Here is a screenshot of this new section: Forum discussion at [X](https://x.com/rustybrick/status/2107428482166734871).