{"id":335155,"date":"2026-04-16T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-ai-deepfakes-are-worrying-the-uks-election-watchdog\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:00:24","slug":"why-ai-deepfakes-are-worrying-the-uks-election-watchdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-ai-deepfakes-are-worrying-the-uks-election-watchdog\/","title":{"rendered":"Why AI deepfakes are worrying the UK&#8217;s election watchdog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZHLwD5aEYF4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why AI deepfakes are worrying the UK's election watchdog\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZHLwD5aEYF4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Sam Coates speaks to the head of the Electoral Commission about the threat posed by deepfake videos to British politics. <\/p>\n<p>Chief Executive Vijay Rangarajan says AI is being used to deliberately mislead voters, so what are they doing to stop it?<\/p>\n<p>Politics latest: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/politics-latest-wes-streeting-doctors-strike-labour-keir-starmer-iran-war-12593360<\/p>\n<p>#ai #artficialintelligence #election #politics <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Listen to our new podcast This is Why, available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/thisiswhy<\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Coates speaks to the head of the Electoral Commission about the threat posed by deepfake videos to British politics. 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Politics latest: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/politics-latest-wes-streeting-doctors-strike-labour-keir-starmer-iran-war-12593360 #ai #artficialintelligence #election #politics SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":335156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[129940,129237,129584],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-335155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-coates","tag-head","tag-speaks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why AI deepfakes are worrying the UK&#039;s election watchdog | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Why AI deepfakes are worrying the UK&#039;s election watchdog for free, here on News ISC. 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