Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 60865

Artificial Intelligence: Disinformation

Tabled: 18 June 2025
Answered: 23 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Dame Chi Onwurah

LabourNewcastle 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 Clark
The 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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