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Commons · Question 108191 · Tabled 26 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 3 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

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

Answer

Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 3 Feb 2026

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...