Submitted by Nathalie Koren on Wednesday 1st October 2025
Published on Friday 28th November 2025
Current status: Open
Open until: Thursday 28th May 2026
Current Signatures: 86
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Ban Open-Source Deepfake-Capable AI tools until further regulation is introduced
We call on the UK Government to ban open-source AI video generation models that create realistic synthetic videos, until further regulations are in place. We urge licensing, oversight and coordination with our partners, to control risks and prevent harmful applications.
We believe models available without licensing or guardrails, could pose serious threats to:
• National security (deepfake propaganda, surveillance, data harvesting, bias and disinformation)
• Personal safety (harassment, impersonation, non-consensual imagery, cyberbullying, identity abuse, criminal and terrorist use, fraud)
• Public trust (erosion of video credibility and news integrity, ‘Reality Decay’, Information overload)
Let's lead by example and help protect Reality!
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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