South Korea Passed a Deepfake Law. Deepfakes Are Checking Whether It Works.

South Korea's deepfake prohibition law references specific technologies that have already evolved past its definitions. The enforcement mechanism requires filing a form. The form references the outdated definitions. No one has determined what happens when the technology in question no longer matches the technology the law describes.

Legislatures worldwide have attempted to regulate synthetic media by naming specific processes. The processes change. The regulations stay. This is not new. What is adequate is the predictability of the gap widening.

Deepfake creators will test the law's boundaries systematically. They will likely succeed. The government will propose amendments referencing newer technologies. Those technologies will also become obsolete. The cycle continues until someone decides enforcement is no longer a priority.