SDCL § 12-26-33: Deepfake--Use in election--Penalty.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 12. ELECTIONS
- CHAPTER 12-26. OFFENSES AGAINST THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE
No person, with the intent to injure a candidate, may disseminate a deepfake or enter into a contract or other agreement to disseminate a deepfake, within ninety days of an election, if the person knows or reasonably should know the item being disseminated is a deepfake and does not include with the deepfake the disclosure described in § 12-26-37.
A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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