Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 60865
Artificial Intelligence: Disinformation
Tabled: 18 June 2025
Answered: 23 June 2025
Named DayQuestion
Dame Chi Onwurah
Labour — Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the emergence of deepfake videos depicting government ministers; and whether the forthcoming legislation on deepfakes will include spe
Answer
Feryal ClarkThe Government takes the threat posed by harmful deepfakes very seriously. Deepfakes, and other manipulated media, are regulated by the Online Safety Act where they are shared on an in-scope service and constitute either illegal content or content which i...
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