Question follow-through · 15834
Intimate Image Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help protect the public from harmful deepfake content.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 3 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help protect the public from harmful deepfake content.
7 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2026
Answer published
Under the Online Safety Act, deepfake content is regulated when it is shared on an in-scope service and meets the definition of either illegal content, or content which is harmful to children. The largest user-to-user services will also need to enforce th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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