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Deepfakes Guidelines: Mitigating Risks While Fostering Innovation

Record SA-03 · SDAIA-P119

Issued by
Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA)
Jurisdiction
Saudi Arabia
Level · region
National · Middle East & North Africa
Published / adopted
2025-05
Language
Arabic, English
Official identifier
SDAIA-P119

Summary

SDAIA guidance on deepfakes (hyper-realistic synthetic audio, video or other content). It defines deepfakes, describes malicious uses (imposter scams, identity fraud, non-consensual manipulation, espionage, disinformation) and non-malicious uses, and gives separate guidance to technology developers (data protection, consent, documentation, human oversight, accountability, audit trails), content creators (consent, labelling, ownership logs), regulators, and consumers (detection and prevention). It rests on principles of privacy, transparency, accountability and social benefit and says the guidance will be reassessed as threats evolve.

Safety topics

deepfakes & synthetic mediatransparency & labellingaccountability & liabilityhuman oversight

Status notes

The cover gives the year 2025; the document-control table gives May 2025, document type 'Regulatory Documents', document number SDAIA-P119 and version number 2, so an earlier version exists; the text describes the regulatory landscape as of June 2024. Its recommendations cite SDAIA's AI Ethics Principles (SA-01), the Personal Data Protection Law and the Anti-Cyber Crime Law, and it refers to SDAIA's generative AI guidelines for the public (SA-02). An appendix provides for ongoing review with periodic stakeholder feedback. SDAIA lists the document among its laws and regulations under 'Deepfakes Guidelines'.

Sources

Open the official source https://sdaia.gov.sa/en/SDAIA/about/Files/File0001.pdf

Secondary source: https://sdaia.gov.sa/en/SDAIA/about/Pages/RegulationsAndPolicies.aspx

Local copy

Archived. Last attempt 2026-10-18 04:06:25 UTC

Official source (third-party copy, not published) archive/SA-03/2026-10-11/official.pdf
Retrieved 2026-10-11 19:46:09 UTC
SHA-256 362f4a58dc88df7d0092eec8b75f1df0eca3856c7e429d40bd70090f1bbe546f
Secondary source (third-party copy, not published) archive/SA-03/2026-10-11/secondary.html
Retrieved 2026-10-11 19:46:28 UTC
SHA-256 a2b9727c45c6b2f61d599c2f6f01e80c70419e74bf7de3dec21a5fbd098febee

Verification

A
The instrument's own official text, or an official register, was stored and confirms the title, date and status. checked 2026-10-18 · official-url-fetched
Recheck of 18 Oct 2026. Stored: the English PDF from sdaia.gov.sa (56 pages) and SDAIA's laws and regulations page (snapshots of 11 Oct 2026, unchanged on 18 Oct 2026). The PDF confirms the title, May 2025, version 2, document number SDAIA-P119 and the guidance summarised; its text does not name the issuer, which rests on the SDAIA document number and on SDAIA's page listing it. The date of version 1 is in no stored source. The Arabic edition is not stored.
Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-18: 6 field(s) supported.

History

  1. 2026-10-18notes: The cover is dated 2025 and the document-control table gives May 2025, 'Version → The cover gives the year 2025; the document-control table gives May 2025, docume — rewritten from the PDF and SDAIA's page; the remark that version 1 was not found moved to verification.note2026-10-18-recheck-mena-africa-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  2. 2026-10-18official_identifier: SDAIA-P119 (Version 2) → SDAIA-P119 — 'SDAIA-P119 (Version 2)' -> 'SDAIA-P119': the identifier holds the document number only; the version is in the notes2026-10-18-recheck-mena-africa-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Related records

Saudi AI Ethics Principles (SDAIA, 2025 edition) Saudi Arabia · Published (non-binding, current)

SDAIA Generative AI Guidelines Saudi Arabia · Published (non-binding, current)

Citation

Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA). Deepfakes Guidelines: Mitigating Risks While Fostering Innovation [SDAIA-P119]. 2025-05. https://sdaia.gov.sa/en/SDAIA/about/Files/File0001.pdf. Status: Published (non-binding, current); verified 2026-10-18 (level A). Local copy archive/SA-03/2026-10-11/official.pdf retrieved 2026-10-11 19:46:09 UTC, SHA-256 362f4a58dc88df7d0092eec8b75f1df0eca3856c7e429d40bd70090f1bbe546f. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record SA-03.

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