Blocked images although they contain no human

Google AI Studio
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I am hitting the same problem constantly. Whether I’m uploading an image of cartoon hen or a water fountain with a lion statue on top, with no humans whatsoever in them, the filters block the video generation and I get the following message:

"Failed to generate video:
Images containing humans are not permitted for video generation in your country. Please use an image without people. "

I even edited the photos to remove the face of the animals but it doesn’t fix the problem. A long hair wig, with no human in the image, also was blocked.

What country do I need to move to, if the example images I just mentioned can’t be uploaded in mine?

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Hi @Basauri ,
Welcome to the forum!
Google AI Studio auto-detects your country, so you can’t manually select one. If you’re in the EU, UK, Switzerland, or MENA, image-to-video with human like features is blocked even if no real human is in the image.

Check: Gemini Video Limitations-Generate video using Veo  |  Gemini API  |  Google AI for Developers

Thanks!

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Thank you for your reply. I fail to see what’s human-like in a headless lion bronze statue, for instance. Or in a single synthetic hair piece. I understand the need for filters but perhaps they are a tad too strict at present, in my opinion.