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Information Integrity · 2026

Regulating Fake News and Deepfakes in Ghana

Disclosure duties, platform governance and freedom of expression

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Research question

How should Ghana respond to AI-generated misinformation without collapsing legitimate commentary, satire, journalism and political criticism into the same category?

The argument

Disclosure duties for synthetic media are useful, but regulation alone is insufficient. A credible framework also needs platform governance, content authentication, independent journalism and media literacy, with clear protection for lawful expression.

Approach

Legal analysis of Ghanaian communications and cybersecurity law, comparison with the EU AI Act, and research on misinformation, trust and media literacy.

Why it matters

Election integrity, journalism, platform policy, synthetic-media governance and public trust.

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