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UK platforms face call from lawmakers for expanded misinformation duties

By Patricia Figueiredo ( July 11, 2025, 16:05 GMT | Insight) -- UK online platforms should face stronger duties to tackle misinformation and deepfakes, a parliamentary committee said today, calling out gaps in the Online Safety Act. In a new report, lawmakers are urging the government to create new rules for platforms to watermark AI-generated media, and to give regulator Ofcom more powers to curb content that's legal but harmful. Online platforms should be forced to add mandatory watermarking and labels to AI-generated media, a group of UK lawmakers urged in a new report that calls out gaps in the Online Safety Act’s oversight of deepfakes, misinformation and AI....

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