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AI-content disclosure obligation
ACMA Commercial Radio Code of Practice 2026
Verified against primary text as of September 1, 2026.
Disclose the deepfake to viewers. This duty falls on the person or business publishing the content. A platform's own automatic AI label does not satisfy this duty on its own.
- Effective
- 2026-07-01
- Applies to
- deployer
- Extraterritorial
- No
- Penalty
- Licence-condition breach — ACMA can pursue civil penalties under the Broadcasting Services Act, but in practice prefers negotiated compliance
Notes
- Registered by ACMA in February 2026 but did not take effect until 2026-07-01 — the original secondary-source data conflated the registration date with the operative date.
- Confirmed narrow scope: applies only when a synthetic AI voice hosts a regularly scheduled program or news broadcast on commercial radio. Does NOT extend to weather/traffic/music/ads within those programs, and does not apply to community radio or the ABC at all. Confirmed it does not reach podcasts, streaming, or other media.