"Japan parties submit bill to regulate social media in elections," 25 June 2026

Japanese ruling and opposition parties on Wednesday submitted to parliament a bill to revise regulations on social media use in elections, aiming to introduce measures to obligate media operators to curb the impact of illegal or false information on electoral fairness...

Other measures in the proposed changes to the public offices election law and the law on information distribution platforms include requiring users to indicate when they have posted images or videos that have been created or modified using artificial intelligence.

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Guidelines for measures by platform operators would be set by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, with annual disclosures on implementation.