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Pre-Election Campaigning Law, Articles 3.1 and 31.1, Indicating AI-Generated Campaign Content and the Ban on Further Distribution

Priekšvēlēšanu aģitācijas likums, 3. 1 pants un 31. 1 pants

In force since .

An AI transparency rule binding public and private bodies.

Obligation class
Content labelling

As of .

What it requires

  • If you run paid pre-election campaigning, or produce campaign material, during the campaign period, state clearly and unambiguously when you use an AI-generated likeness of a person or an event that does not correspond to reality in an image, audio or video (Article 3.1).
  • Stop distributing and placing AI-generated campaign material that the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau has decided to ban (Article 31.1(1)).

Who enforces it

Enforcement body

The head of the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau decides to ban the further distribution of AI-generated campaign material that breaches Article 3.1, under Article 31.1(1).

What it makes you log

Logging duty

Articles 3.1 and 31.1 require the indication and provide for a ban decision and state no logging or record-keeping duty.

Kind
None
As of

What this law does

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Research summary

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Article 3.1 requires a clear and unambiguous indication where, during the campaign period, paid pre-election campaigning or campaign material uses an AI-generated likeness of a person or an event that does not correspond to reality, in an image, audio or video. Under Article 31.1(1), where a breach of Article 3.1 is found, the head of the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau decides to ban the further distribution of that AI-generated campaign material.

Before deciding, the Bureau obtains an expert opinion and assesses the usefulness, enforceability and proportionality of the decision. The decision can be appealed to the administrative district court, and filing the appeal does not suspend it. Article 3.1 is in the wording of the law of , which took effect on . Article 31.1 is in the same wording of the law of .

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