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S.D. Codified Laws § 12-26-33

Deepfake--Use in election--Penalty

Source: SL 2025, ch 68, § 2.

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.

Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.