Output side — a tight four-part regime · Updated 2026-04-26
Elections (Integrity of Online Advertising) (Amendment) Bill
Core Point
Bans deepfakes during elections: prohibits publishing "misleading, AI-generated content that purports to depict candidates' statements or conduct".
Detailed Note
A 2024 amendment to the Elections Act targeting deepfakes specifically. Core clause: during the campaign period (from issuance of the writ of election to polling day) it is unlawful to publish "misleading, AI-generated, deepfake content purporting to represent statements or conduct of candidates". Anyone who publishes, shares or funds such content commits an offence. During the campaign window the authorities may issue corrective directions requiring platforms to take down content, block access or display correction statements. This is among the earliest targeted election-deepfake laws in the world, ahead of the corresponding provisions in the EU AI Act.
Position in the Legal Framework
Permissive on training does not mean permissive on output. Deepfakes, AI-generated intimate imagery, AI-generated disinformation and election manipulation are all governed by a tight four-part legislative package — Singapore's policy hedge against "AI freedom" being abused.
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