A report advocating for the regulation of election campaigns carried out utilizing synthetic intelligence (AI) was accepted by the Senate yesterday.
The Senate Committee on Politics compiled the report, which was introduced throughout a gathering chaired by Senate Speaker Pornpetch Wichitcholchai. The report primarily targeted on using social media in politics and election canvassing.
The Senate’s time period will come to an finish on Might 11, marking the final assembly earlier than the time period concludes. Regardless of this, senators will proceed to function in a caretaking capability till their successors are elected within the subsequent few months.
The report underscored the challenges of regulating social media in international international locations, the lack of knowledge in regards to the potential hurt posed by social media, the constraints that sure political events face when trying to attach with voters by way of these platforms, the obstacles that forestall the Election Fee (EC) from imposing poll-related legal guidelines, and the appliance of an outdated ballot legislation in elections.
The EC was suggested within the report to reinforce the election legislation and related rules to maintain tempo with new technology-driven instruments utilized in canvassing. Seree Suwanpanont, the senator who chairs the report committee, emphasised that the EC wanted to maintain up with quickly evolving expertise to forestall on-line social platforms from being manipulated by events or people aiming to achieve an unjust edge over rivals in elections.
The EC’s goal is to fight vote-buying and different unlawful marketing campaign practices, together with these associated to marketing campaign design and election posters. Nevertheless, the present election legislation doesn’t embrace the regulation of social media as a software for electioneering.
Seree highlighted that campaigns carried out on social media are extra expensive than conventional canvassing, but they proceed to function with out regulation.
“When there isn’t any management, it results in an unfair benefit.”
He added that the EC should guarantee truthful elections and a degree taking part in subject for all events. The senator additional really useful that the Digital Financial system and Society Ministry ought to take motion towards distorted info, misuse of AI and the unfold of misinformation, reported Bangkok Publish.
Senator Anuporn Aroonrut predicted that info operations, resembling doctored audio clips and AI, will turn into widespread within the imminent Senate election.
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