LatviaKrimināllikums Sections 90.1 and 90.2, Criminalization of Deepfake Election and State-Appointment Disinformation
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In force since 22 May 2024.
An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not produce or disseminate deliberately false, discrediting information about a political party, an association of political parties, or a candidate for the Saeima, a municipal council, or the European Parliament, using deepfake technology, during the pre-election campaign period or on election day, per Krimināllikums Section 90.1.
- Do not produce or disseminate the same kind of deepfake-generated false, discrediting information about a candidate for a state office the Saeima elects, appoints, or confirms, during that process, per Krimināllikums Section 90.2.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Krimināllikums Section 90.1 and Section 90.2 each carry a maximum of five years' deprivation of liberty, or alternatively short-term deprivation of liberty, probationary supervision, or community service, for producing or disseminating deepfake-generated disinformation about a political party or candidate (Section 90.1) or about a state-official candidate during a Saeima election, appointment, or confirmation process (Section 90.2).
What it reaches
Obligation class
Prohibition
What it makes you log
Logging duty
Section 90.1 criminalizes producing or disseminating knowingly false, discrediting information about a political organization or a candidate for the Saeima, a municipal council or the European Parliament, using deepfake technology, during a pre-election campaign period or on election day. Section 90.2 criminalizes the same conduct against a candidate for a state office the Saeima elects, appoints or confirms. Neither section states a duty to create, keep or produce a log or record of anything.
- Kind
- None
- As of
- 22 September 2026
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
What this law does
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Section 90.1 criminalizes the deliberate production or dissemination of knowingly false, discrediting information about a political organization (party), an association of political organizations, or a candidate for the Saeima, a municipal council, or the European Parliament, using deepfake technology, when committed during the pre-election campaign period or on election day; the maximum penalty is five years' deprivation of liberty, or alternatively short-term deprivation of liberty, probationary supervision, or community service.
Section 90.2 criminalizes the same conduct directed at a candidate for a state office the Saeima elects, appoints, or confirms, when committed during that process, carrying the same maximum penalty.
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Read the law
Krimināllikums, official consolidated text, likumi.lv
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