Required actions
- No production or distribution of deepfake video, image or audio for election campaigning in the 90 days before an election - Outside that period, AI-generated campaign content must be labelled as virtual
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South Korea Public Official Election Act — Article 82-8 election deepfake ban
Korea was the first country to criminalise election deepfakes outright, banning them for 90 days before any election since January 2024 and requiring labels at other times.
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