AI Video Faking UK Politician's Immigration Views.

Deceptive AI generated content is increasingly weaponised across Europe and the UK to fuel anti-immigration narratives, erode institutional trust, and harass public officials. This case concerns an unlabelled deepfake video posted on Facebook in November 2025 that impersonated a female UK Labour party councillor in Scotland falsely depicting her welcoming refugees even if they commit sexual violence, alongside unsubstantiated captions accusing her of tax evasion. Despite user reports, META declined to remove or review the post, categorising it as low engagement satire directed at an adult public figure.

This document was submitted in June 2026 by Centre of advanced studies in cyber law and artificial intelligence (CASCA) at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab, authored by Adamya Rawat, Anumita Sawhney, Arunav Kapur, Arshi Shukla, Jacob Kalarikkal, Purvi Singla and Uday Gupta in response to Meta oversight board's call for public comments to help Meta strengthen its governance of deceptive AI content, respect free expression, and safeguard democratic participation.​

Prepared The author's argue that Meta's reliance on public figure exemptions, low engagement thresholds and misapplied satire defences creates near total impunity for gendered political harassment and accelerates the liar's dividend. Even sub-viral deepfakes inflict severe reputational and safety harms within a local constituency, particularly against women politicians.​​