Meta ordered to remove 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. Photograph: Daniel Cole/ReutersView image in fullscreenMeta has had policy changes recommended to it, including demoting ‘high risk’ content, making it less likely to appear in users’ feeds. AI-manipulated videos and images mocking the woman had tens of millions of views online, including on Meta platforms.The board singled out one of the videos – showing the woman exercising absurdly and eating junk food – as a breach of the company’s bullying and harassment policy.
- ▪Meta has had policy changes recommended to it, including demoting ‘high risk’ content, making it less likely to appear in users’ feeds.
- ▪Photograph: Daniel Cole/ReutersView image in fullscreenMeta has had policy changes recommended to it, including demoting ‘high risk’ content, making it less likely to appear in users’ feeds.
- ▪AI-manipulated videos and images mocking the woman had tens of millions of views online, including on Meta platforms.The board singled out one of the videos – showing the woman exercising absurdly and eating junk food – as a breach of the c
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| Canonical URL | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/17/meta-ordered-remove-deepfakes-oversight-board-inadequate-safeguards |
| Publication time | Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:43:34 GMT |
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Meta has had policy changes recommended to it, including demoting ‘high risk’ content, making it less likely to appear in users’ feeds. Photograph: Daniel Cole/ReutersView image in fullscreenMeta has had policy changes recommended to it, including demoting ‘high risk’ content, making it less likely to appear in users’ feeds. Photograph: Daniel Cole/ReutersMetaMeta ordered to remove deepfakes as oversight board criticises ‘inadequate’ safeguardsFacebook told it was wrong in leaving up AI-generated videos of a Labour councillor and Muslim campaigner, amid calls to curb fakesDan Milmo Global technology editorThu 17 Sep 2026 10.43 EDTLast modified on Thu 17 Sep 2026 10.44 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleMeta’s “supreme court” has ordered the tech company to take down deepfake videos of a…
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