Brit lawmaker targeted by AI deepfake fails to get answers from US Big Tech
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A UK MP, George Freeman, was targeted by an AI-generated deepfake falsely claiming he defected to a rival party; during a parliamentary hearing, executives from Meta, Google, and X described policy-based responses (fact-check labeling, downranking, possible removal under synthetic media or impersonation rules) but offered no definitive remedies, prompting calls for legal protections against identity theft and politically damaging misinformation.
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