Question follow-through · 60865
Artificial Intelligence: Disinformation
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
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 18 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Jun 2025
Question tabled
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
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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23 Jun 2025
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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