{"value":{"id":1753418,"askingMemberId":5343,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-12-19T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-08T00:00:00","uin":"901955","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle disinformation through AI-generated deepfakes.","answeringBodyId":216,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Science, Innovation and Technology","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4822,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-08T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>We have recently announced that we are delivering on our manifesto commitment to ban the creation of sexually explicit deepfakes through the Crime and Policing Bill.</p><p>Deepfakes more broadly are captured by the Online Safety Act where they are shared on social media platforms and are considered illegal content or content which is harmful to children.</p><p>For those who think that there are no repercussions for online activity, we saw convictions for illegal online activity following the summer riots, including under the new False Communications Offence.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Artificial Intelligence: Disinformation","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1753418","method":"GET"}]}