Chile Approves Deepfake Bill

Update September 25, 2026: the bill now includes fines of 5,000 to 10,000 UTM for conduct tied to deepfakes, a maximum of 72 hours for platforms to remove reported material, and a requirement to have a legal representative in Chile. According to EFE, courts could also order precautionary removal or blocking of the content.

Chile’s Chamber of Deputies approved in general a bill that regulates AI-generated content and specifically penalizes deepfakes, passing with 128 votes in favor, 2 against, and 5 abstentions. The initiative, known as the anti-deepfake law, was sent back to the Commission on Future, Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation to continue its review.

What does the anti-deepfake law aim to regulate?

The bill seeks to set rules for content created with artificial intelligence, especially convincing but false digital recreations of the image, body, or voice of real people. According to G5 Noticias, it also includes a sanctioning regime with significant fines for violations, although that point still has to be debated in committee.

The proposal now sets fines of 5,000 to 10,000 UTM for conduct linked to deepfakes, according to BioBioChile’s coverage. It also requires platforms to remove reported material within a maximum of 72 hours and to have a legal representative in Chile.

According to EFE, as reported by Infobae, courts could order precautionary removal or blocking of content to prevent irreparable harm. That judicial mechanism adds a separate path from the operational takedown deadline for platforms.

The bill sits within a broader legislative debate over disinformation, automation, and the use of digital technologies. At the same time, the Senate reported on another proposal to punish digital manipulation of public opinion and the use of bot farms, and sent it to the Constitution Committee.

What other projects show Chile’s regulatory shift?

The debate over deepfakes and bots is unfolding alongside other initiatives on security and technology control. In telecommunications, the Chamber of Deputies approved the Senate’s amendments to bill 16.598, which bans the manufacture, sale, import, export, use, possession, and carrying of telecommunications signal jammers, and sent the measure to the executive branch for enactment.

Altona Spain News also reported on a proposal involving electronic devices capable of intercepting, interfering with, or disrupting telecommunications signals. That proposal is part of the security agenda and establishes criminal penalties and fines for unauthorized manufacture, sale, acquisition, use, possession, or carrying.

Emol, meanwhile, reported that senators dropped the phone interception proposal during the security reform debate. The same report said the reform was still being discussed in committee, confirming that the debate over interception and digital security is still open.

What is happening with the data privacy law?

Available coverage also points to progress, albeit delayed, in implementing Chile’s new personal data protection law. Publimetro Chile said the delay stems, in political and operational terms, from the fact that the agency responsible for enforcing the law is not yet in place, tempering the executive branch’s argument that more time is needed.

That situation adds to reports describing a possible extension under review for the entry into force of the data framework, giving companies more time to adjust their processes and compliance. Taken together, Chile’s legislative agenda is opening simultaneous fronts on privacy, synthetic content, disinformation, and communications control.