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Meta ordered to remove UK deepfakes as oversight board criticises ‘inadequate’ safeguards
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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.
Key facts
- The board was set up by Meta in 2020 to serve as a referee for content on its platforms
- The board said Meta’s safeguards were “consistently and fundamentally inadequate” to address the rapid rise of AI deepfakes
- From politicians to private citizens, AI-generated deepfakes are increasingly being used to harass and silence women from engaging in public discourse,” said Pamela San Martin, an oversight board
- 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
Summary
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. The board said Meta’s safeguards were “consistently and fundamentally inadequate” to address the rapid rise of AI deepfakes. “From politicians to private citizens, AI-generated deepfakes are increasingly being used to harass and silence women from engaging in public discourse,” said Pamela San Martin, an oversight board co-chair. “These cases demonstrate a broader, troubling pattern in which women who engage publicly on issues are disproportionately subjected to harassment and misinformation.