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
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…
SourceEvent type
investigation
Action type
interim ruling
Government branch
executive
Government body
other regulatory body