Public Official Election Act, Art. 82-8
Banned 90 days before an election; otherwise a fixed Korean notice, boxed on screen and spoken for sound.
In short
- Where: South Korea
- Status: In force since 29 January 2024
- Who: Anyone making or posting deep fakes for election campaigning
- Covers: Political ads and campaigns only
- Kennmarq.com: images: waits for labels in a law's own words and language for deep fakes (expected February 2027); video: waits for labels in a law's own words and language for deep fakes (expected February 2027); audio: waits for spoken notices in audio for deep fakes (expected December 2026).
Updated 4 November 2026; source checked 4 November 2026. Sources are government sites. This page explains what Kennmarq.com does; it isn't legal advice.
What it asks of each kind of file
| File | What it asks | Kennmarq.com today |
|---|---|---|
| Images | a visible label in Korean reading “이 이미지는 실제가 아닌 인공지능 기술 등을 이용하여 만든 가상의 정보입니다.”, on deep fakes | Waits for labels in a law's own words and language for deep fakes (expected February 2027) |
| Video | a visible label in Korean reading “이 영상은 실제가 아닌 인공지능 기술 등을 이용하여 만든 가상의 정보입니다.”, on deep fakes; a notice people can hear in Korean reading “이 음향은 실제가 아닌 인공지능 기술 등을 이용하여 만든 가상의 정보입니다.”, on deep fakes | Waits for labels in a law's own words and language for deep fakes (expected February 2027) |
| Audio | a notice people can hear in Korean reading “이 음향은 실제가 아닌 인공지능 기술 등을 이용하여 만든 가상의 정보입니다.”, on deep fakes | Waits for spoken notices in audio for deep fakes (expected December 2026) |
In the API
A rule for political ads and campaigns only: markets=kr applies South Korea's general rules in force or passed, not this one (what a call for South Korea needs). The table above shows what our marks add of what it asks.
Official text
- law.go.kr: Public Official Election Act (current text)
- law.go.kr: NEC Election Rules, Annex 1-3 (label wording)