Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of AI-generated misinformation and disinformation content produced overseas on public discourse and community cohesion in the UK; what discussions her Department has had with social media platforms regarding the identification, labelling and removal of coordinated inauthentic behaviour involving AI-generated anti-immigration content; and what steps her Department is taking to strengthen transparency requirements, improve the labelling of AI-generated content, and increase public awareness of misinformation and disinformation disseminated via social media platforms.

We are aware that AI tools may make it easier to produce misleading content that damages public trust.

DSIT routinely engages with platforms on information risks that threaten public safety or national security. This can include coordinated inauthentic behaviour that risks undermining social cohesion and may lead to real harm.

The government is exploring technical solutions for identifying AI-generated content through the Deepfake Detection Challenge and the forthcoming AI Labelling Taskforce.

We have published a Media Literacy Action Plan (‘A Safe, Informed, Digital Nation’) setting out measures to build audience’s resilience to misinformation and disinformation, and other forms of divisive content.