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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lauren Morris

Graham Norton wins court order over Facebook deepfakes in US

Graham Norton has been granted a US court order that will force Meta to reveal the source behind a series of AI-generated and factually inaccurate Facebook posts about the presenter, which caused him “significant alarm, distress and anxiety”.

The Irish comedian and chat-show host took Mark Zuckerberg’s company, which owns Facebook, to a district court in California over social media account The Westminster Wire’s “false and harassing” posts.

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