“It does not matter if the content is favourable or unfavourable to any candidate. The publication of such prohibited content during the election period, including by boosting, sharing and reposting existing content, will be an offence,” says Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo in her speech on Tuesday.
Deepfakes and other forms of manipulated content of candidates will be banned during the Singapore elections. This is the result of the Elections (Integrity of Online Advertising) (Amendment) Bill being passed in parliament yesterday (Oct 15).
The new law prohibits publishing digitally generated or manipulated content that realistically depicts a candidate saying or doing something that he or she did not. This includes misinformation through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for deepfakes as well as non-AI techniques such as Photoshop, dubbing and splicing.
