A COMPARATIVE LEGAL ANALYSIS OF DEEPFAKE TRANSPARENCY:
Contrasting Indonesia’sAbsence of Law with China’s Legislative Approach
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https://doi.org/10.22373/3fmba124Keywords:
Deepfake, AI Transparency, Legal Vacuum, Comparative LawAbstract
AI-generated deepfakes pose a clear global threat, undermining public trust and individual dignity through geopolitical disinformation and fraud, a trend now manifesting in Indonesia. This article’s objective is to comparatively analyze Indonesia's "vacuum of law" (recht vacuum), which relies on outdated general statutes, against China's proactive "AI Labelling Law". Employing a normative legal research method with a descriptive-analytical approach , the study finds that Indonesia operates in a functional legal vacuum, lacking foundational legal definitions for "AI" or "deepfake" and relying on a "fundamentally unfit" EIT Law that creates a severe "accountability gap". In stark contrast, China's law mandates a comprehensive dual-labeling system (explicit and implicit) with clear obligations for providers and users, enforcing its "cyber sovereignty" doctrine. This research contributes a critical case study of reactive versus proactive regulation, presenting the technical mechanisms of China's law as a potential "technical blueprint" for Indonesia, while also serving as a "cautionary tale" regarding its state-centric ideology
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