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Evening Standard
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Rebecca Black

Stormont MLA targeted by deepfake video urges legal clampdown

SDLP MLA Cara Hunter at Parliament Buildings at Stormont in Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA) - (PA Wire)

A Northern Ireland MLA who feared a deepfake video would ruin her political career has urged action to clamp down on online abuse.

Cara Hunter was targeted in April 2022 when a fake video was created to look as if she was taking part in pornographic activity with a man and shared around in thousands of messages.

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