Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 108191

Internet: Disinformation

Tabled: 26 January 2026

Answered: 3 February 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to tackle deepfakes online.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

The Online Safety Act requires services to tackle illegal content and protect children from harmful content, including where it is AI generated ‘deepfakes’.Building on this, the offence of creating intimate images without consent, including using AI, will...

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