Media & entertainment
Newsrooms, publishers, broadcasters and public figures: deepfakes of celebrities and journalists, and AI-made content fraud.
Last 12 months · since Nov 4, 2025
Official warnings and preparedness
Public warnings, exercises, advisories and new rules from heads of government, ministers, regulators, central banks, intergovernmental bodies and national cyber agencies. Each entry links to its source.
- WarningInternational Organization for Migration (IOM) · IntergovernmentalINT
IOM warns of AI-driven disinformation affecting the image of migrants
The International Organization for Migration warned about AI-generated disinformation and its effect on how migrants are portrayed. The headline gives no further detail.
Source: جورنال 24
- WarningDanish Ministry of Culture · MinisterDenmark
Denmark tables bill to ban sharing realistic deepfakes of people's faces and voices without consent
Culture Minister Zenia Stampe introduced a copyright amendment banning sharing of realistic deepfakes of a person's face or voice without consent, covering artists' performances, with satire exempt. Intended start is early 2027.
Source: Euronews
- WarningAustralian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) · RegulatorAustralia
ASIC warns scammers use AI to build networks of deepfake websites and endorsements
ASIC said deepfake videos of celebrities and politicians in investment scams rose sharply, removed over 19,400 scams in FY26 (up 182%), and advised that a simple online search is not enough to verify an offer.
Source: ASIC
- AdvisoryFBI Internet Crime Complaint Center · Security agencyUnited States
FBI warns scammers impersonate IC3 using deepfake videos of public figures
The FBI said recovery scammers use AI-generated deepfake videos of public figures, including a senior FBI leader, to promote fake IC3 complaint sites that harvest personal and financial data from past fraud victims.
Source: FBI IC3
- RuleCouncil of the EU and European Parliament · LegislatureEU
EU adopts AI Act amendments banning AI 'nudifier' systems
The Digital Omnibus on AI, approved by Parliament on 16 June and the Council on 29 June 2026, bans AI systems that create CSAM or non-consensual intimate depictions of identifiable people, with compliance due by 2 December 2026.
Source: European Parliament Legislative Train
- WarningFinancial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) · RegulatorSouth Africa
South Africa's FSCA warns of deepfake videos of journalists promoting investment scam
The FSCA warned that AI-generated videos of journalist Maya Fisher-French and broadcaster Bruce Whitfield were used in social media ads promoting a 'Quantum AI' scheme promising unrealistic returns.
Source: Eyewitness News
- AdvisoryEuropean Commission · IntergovernmentalEU
European Commission publishes Code of Practice on marking and labelling AI-generated content
The voluntary code gives generative AI providers and deployers steps to meet AI Act transparency duties applying from 2 August 2026, under which deepfakes must be clearly labelled.
Source: European Commission
- RuleFederal Trade Commission · RegulatorUnited States
FTC begins enforcing TAKE IT DOWN Act removal duties for intimate images and deepfakes
From 19 May 2026 covered platforms must remove non-consensual intimate images, including AI-generated deepfakes, within 48 hours of a valid request. The FTC opened a complaint site and wrote to 15 major platforms.
Source: Federal Trade Commission
- RuleMinistry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) · MinisterIndia
India amends IT Rules to require labelling of AI-generated content and faster takedowns
The amendment covers synthetically generated information including deepfakes, requiring labels and traceable metadata, and cutting removal timelines for unlawful content from 36 to 3 hours and for intimate-image complaints to 2 hours.
Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India
- WarningInformation Commissioner's Office · RegulatorUnited Kingdom
UK ICO opens formal investigations into X and xAI over Grok sexualised imagery
The ICO opened investigations into whether X and xAI processed personal data lawfully in developing and deploying Grok, after reports it was used to create non-consensual sexual imagery, including of children.
Source: Information Commissioner's Office
- WarningEuropean Commission · IntergovernmentalEU
European Commission opens Digital Services Act investigation into Grok on X
The Commission opened formal proceedings to assess whether X assessed and mitigated risks from integrating Grok, including manipulated sexually explicit images, saying these risks seem to have materialised and exposed EU citizens to serious harm.
Source: European Commission
- WarningOfcom · RegulatorUnited Kingdom
Ofcom opens Online Safety Act investigation into X over Grok-generated sexualised images
Ofcom opened a formal investigation into whether X met its Online Safety Act duties after reports that Grok was used to create non-consensual sexualised images of real people, including children. Fines of up to 10% of worldwide revenue are possible.
Source: CyberScoop
Verified incidents
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How the sector gets attacked
The most frequent attack types in this sector's case files over the last 12 months, and the AI products named in them.
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