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Deepfake

July 2026

  • An apparently human face, generated by AI, above the caption: 'STOP these 6 habits or you'll get cancer'

    Misleading AI-generated doctors pose ‘huge danger to public safety’

  • illustration of distorted ai generated images

    Can AI equalize political campaign ads – or will it remain a tool for spreading lies?

June 2026

  • A man in blue shirt and jeans leaning against a wooden beam with a leafy area behind him

    ‘Am I losing this battle? Yes’: Martin Lewis on the online scams that steal his identity – and others’ life savings

    Trusted by millions, the finance expert has seen his name and face used to mis-sell a string of fake investments. And yet, he says, it would be ‘very simple’ for the government to stop them
  • Farage looks to the side as he arrives at a news conference, followed by a smiling Robert Kenyon

    Farage suddenly returns to political stage – but dodges questions about £5m gift

    Reform UK leader has been unusually quiet in recent weeks – at great cost to the party during a crucial byelection
  • Ni standing on a balcony

    Chinese activist in UK told by X that abusive deepfakes do not breach rules

    Apple Peiqing Ni targeted by account portraying her as promiscuous drug addict after posting about Tiananmen Square

May 2026

  • Jonathan Liew

    If you’re still on Elon Musk’s X, ask yourself this: why?

    Jonathan Liew
    Some argue that quitting the platform formerly known as Twitter cedes the space to malign actors. But it’s an open sewer, beyond redemption, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
  • Hands typing on a laptop keyboard, with one finger pressing a key

    Tech firms face tougher UK rules on intimate image abuse

    Ofcom to update codes of practice amid rise in ‘revenge porn’ and AI-generated deepfakes targeting women and girls
  • Giorgia Meloni close-up

    ‘Think before sharing,’ Giorgia Meloni says as AI-made lingerie image of her goes viral

    Italian prime minister had received wave of criticism from people who believed deepfake pictures of her were real

April 2026

  • an image of Elon Musk surrounded by logos of Grok and xAI

    Elon Musk snubs Paris legal summons over alleged child abuse images on X

  • Fatma Aydemir

    Why every woman can see herself in the story of a German celebrity couple’s split

    Fatma Aydemir

March 2026

  • Dressed in a leather jacket, Collien Fernandes speaks on stage at a protest against online assaults against women in Germany

    TV star’s AI porn allegations spark national debate in Germany

  • Liz Kendall sits on a brown sofa

    Ministers must act more quickly on deepfakes to protect women and girls, Kendall says

February 2026

  • The prime minister, Keir Starmer

    Tech firms must remove ‘revenge porn’ in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer

    PM says measure, also applied to deepfake nudes, is needed owing to a ‘national emergency’ of online misogyny
  • Campaigners from Stop Image-Based Abuse delivered a petition to Downing Street calling for greater protection against deepfake image abuse.

    Victims urge tougher action on deepfake abuse as new law comes into force

    Campaigners welcome criminalisation of non-consensual AI-generated explicit images but say law does not go far enough
  • A computer screen showing facial recognition technology

    Deepfake fraud taking place on an industrial scale, study finds

    AI content for scams can be targeted at individuals and ‘produced by pretty much anybody’, researchers say

January 2026

  • Woman asleep in darkened room wearing smartwatch

    Abusers using AI and digital tech to attack and control women, charity warns

    Exclusive: Smartwatches, Oura rings, smart home devices and Fitbits being weaponised, says Refuge
  • A hand holds a phone displaying the Telegram logo in front of a sign also displaying the Telegram logo

    Millions created deepfake nudes on Telegram as AI tools drive global wave of digital abuse

    Analysis finds at least 150 channels on messaging app that have distributed AI-generated images and video

    • Mother of one of Elon Musk’s sons sues over Grok-generated explicit images

    • Elon Musk’s Grok made the world less safe – his humiliating backdown gives me hopium

      Van Badham

    • X ‘acting to comply with UK law’ after outcry over sexualised images

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