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The Board overturns Meta's decision to retain a deepfake of a Scottish councillor, finding hate speech targeting refugees, and calls for stronger responses to harmful deepfakes.
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The Board overturns Meta's decision to retain a deepfake of a Scottish councillor, finding hate speech targeting refugees, and calls for stronger responses to harmful deepfakes.
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The Board overturns Meta's decision to retain a deepfake of a Scottish councillor, finding hate speech targeting refugees, and calls for stronger responses to harmful deepfakes.
SRC-0430Announcement lines 9–33.
Oversight Board · EN · 2026-09-17
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