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

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Meta's oversight board ordered the company to remove AI-generated deepfake videos of a UK Labour councillor and a Muslim campaigner, saying Facebook was wrong to leave them up.

Why it matters: The ruling criticises Meta's safeguards against deepfakes as inadequate and adds to calls to curb AI-generated fakes.

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“Facebook told it was wrong in leaving up AI-generated videos of a Labour councillor and Muslim campaigner, amid calls to curb fakes Meta’s “supreme court” has ordered the tech company to take down deepfake videos of a UK politician and a young Muslim woman…”
Guardian Technology, 17 Sept 2026, 14:43.

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