Deepfake Technology and Children's Informational Rights in Europe

The topic of protecting children’s informational rights cannot be more relevant. In terms of the universal informational rights under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) or Article 10 of the European Convention, children’s rights are not only limited to two rights - imparting and seeking information - but also include the right to receive factual information. As the youth of today is suffering the consequences of the post-truth era, the latter is highly relevant.

This policy brief unfolds the issues of the right to receive truthful information and the ways in which this process is threatened by current “cyberthreats”. One of the biggest cyberthreats of today and of the future, among others, is deepfakes (DF). This policy brief focuses on deepfake videos and how they should be regulated and controlled in the European Union.