Meta ordered to remove UK deepfakes as oversight board criticises 'inadequate' safeguards
Meta has had policy changes recommended to it, including demoting'high risk' content, making it less likely to appear in users' feeds. Meta has had policy changes recommended to it, including demoting'high risk' content, making it less likely to appear in users' feeds. Meta ordered to remove UK deepfakes as oversight board criticises'inadequate' safeguards 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.
Sep-17-2026, 14:43:34 GMT
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