{
  "id": 5120737,
  "title": "Brazil’s electoral court sets new standards for AI deepfakes after case involving Sen. Bolsonaro",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/brazils-electoral-court-sets-new-standards-for-ai-deepfakes-after",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-02T15:53:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Associated Press",
    "slug": "associated-press",
    "url": "https://apnews.com/article/brazil-deepfakes-election-campaign-ads-d17e9ba58b40e6d1f9db87d70b148809"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Brazil's top electoral court has established fresh guidelines for identifying artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes in political advertising, aiming to curb misinformation and manipulation ahead of the October elections. The decision came in a case involving opposition candidate Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, who utilized AI-generated images of his imprisoned father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, endorsing his campaign against incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at his party's convention in July. Despite the former president's 27-year prison sentence for his role in a coup attempt, the electoral court ruled not to punish Sen. Bolsonaro, asserting that the deepfake did not qualify as a political ad for public airing, but rather for a private event before his candidacy was officially announced. However, the court unanimously defined deepfakes in political advertising as \"synthetic content produced or manipulated via artificial intelligence or equivalent technology\" with a level of realism capable of creating, reproducing, or altering the image, voice, or speech of any living, deceased, or fictional person. With Brazil's presidential elections being heavily influenced by online content, the court's rules will apply to a significant amount of material from candidates leading up to the first round of voting on October 4. Television and radio ads will continue to play a crucial role, with broadcasters setting aside 14 minutes daily for nearly 1,000 30-second ads and 12 1/2-minute blocks exclusively for presidential candidates.",
  "summary": "SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s top electoral court set new standards for what it will…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}