Written questions

Artificial Intelligence: Disinformation

Commons · Question 901955 · Tabled 19 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 8 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Joshua Reynolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle disinformation through AI-generated deepfakes.

Answer

Answered by Feryal Clark, 8 Jan 2025

We have recently announced that we are delivering on our manifesto commitment to ban the creation of sexually explicit deepfakes through the Crime and Policing Bill.Deepfakes more broadly are captured by the Online Safety Act where they are shared on soci...