Internet: Fraud

(asked on 19th May 2026) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to collaborate with businesses to track and address the increase in fraud committed against consumers using generative AI tools, including voice cloning.


Answered by
Lord Hanson of Flint Portrait
Lord Hanson of Flint
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 4th June 2026

The Government is committed to working with industry to tackle all fraud, including AI enabled fraud.

The ‘Fraud Strategy 2026 to 2029’ sets out our plan to tackle fraud. The strategy is already delivering a strong, partnership-focussed approach with business, including:

  • the UK-sponsored Global Fraud Summit, co-hosted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and INTERPOL in Vienna in March 2026, agreed a set of Global Public-Private Partnership Principles on Fraud.
  • the launch of the Online Crime Centre which, backed by over £30m of investment, brings government, law enforcement and industry together in one place to act on shared data in real time, utilise cutting edge technology and coordinate action.

The Government is also working with leading technology companies, academics and experts to develop and implement a world-first deepfake detection evaluation framework. This will help to tackle synthetic media threats, including image, audio and video.

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