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

Meta's Oversight Board (an independent review body that evaluates Meta's content decisions) ruled that Facebook incorrectly allowed deepfakes (AI-generated fake videos made to look real) of a UK Labour councillor and a Muslim campaigner to remain on the platform. The board criticized Meta's safeguards against AI-generated fake content as inadequate and ordered the company to remove these videos and improve its approach to detecting and removing such manipulated media.