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Brazil: Attorney General investigation into distribution of deepfake content about Minister of Finance

Progress

Current status
under investigation
09 Jan 2025 under investigation

Scope

Implementers
Brazil
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

09 Jan 2025
under investigation

Attorney General adopted order requiring Facebook to remove deepfake content about Minister of Finance

On 9 January 2025, Brazil's Attorney General's Office (AGU) issued an extrajudicial notification ordering Facebook to remove a video manipulated with artificial intelligence (AI) falsely depicting Finance Minister Fernando Haddad making statements a…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type interim ruling
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body

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