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In this 9,000 word practice note comissioned by LexisNexis, I provide comprehensive and (as at November 2020) up to date legal information covering:

• Deepfakes
  • What is a deepfake?
  • How do deepfakes work?
  • Machine learning
  • Deep learning and GAN
  • Generation

• Use of deepfakes
  • Applications of deepfakes
  • Entertainment
  • Parody and political satire
  • Education, culture and journalism
  • Healthcare
  • Potentially harmful uses
  • Reputational harms
  • Fraud
  • Fake news
• Applicable UK law
  • Legal complications with privacy law in the deepfake context
  • Practical complications with privacy law
  • Misuse of private information and breach of confidence
  • Data protection
  • Publicity and brand protection—passing off
  • Copyright
  • Performers’ moral rights
  • Reputation and dignity
  • Publicity and brand protection—malicious falsehood
  • Harassment
  • Defamation
  • Communications offences
  • Sexual offences act 2003
  • Computer Misuse Act 1990
  • Contractual arrangements
• Corporate controls — what social media platforms and search engines are doing to counter
• Technological controls — future tech counters to deepfakes
• Regulation and control
  • Problem areas concerning technological controls
  • Problem areas concerning legislative or common law controls