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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

Meta ordered to remove UK deepfakes as oversight board criticises ‘inadequate’ safeguards

A person walking on a street past an office with the Meta logo displayed on a mirrored frontage
Meta has had policy changes recommended to it, including demoting ‘high risk’ content, making it less likely to appear in users’ feeds. Photograph: Daniel Cole/Reuters

Meta’s “supreme court” has ordered the tech company to take down deepfake videos of a UK politician and a young Muslim woman from Facebook and do more to tackle AI-generated fake imagery.

A fake video showing a Labour party councillor in Scotland making inflammatory comments about refugees should not have been left up by Facebook, the board said. It also ruled that an AI-generated video of a Muslim campaign volunteer should have been removed after it falsely depicted her offering health advice while carrying out absurd exercises or eating junk food.

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