Ban deepfakes and image making AI in the UK ex: character AI, Grok AI etc...

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

We would like for the government to ban the use of generative AI in the UK, due to the amount of people being cyber harassed and violated due to these AI bots. Bots are also capable to make inappropriate images of people, and post it online. Young people are mainly impacted due to this problem.

We believe the government should do more about this by banning the use of generative AI due to the environmental impact, (eg, water wastage, electricity, pollution) and the impact this has on the people being used against, with these bots. (such as celebrities, innocent people, and those being exploited). The evidence we have, is that water is being used in millions of gallons every year to cool these machines, and this water CANNOT be recycled. We would like this issue to be addressed.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Ban Open-Source Deepfake-Capable AI tools until further regulation is introduced
Ban Open-Source Deepfake-Capable AI tools until further regulation is introduced

Timeline

28 Jan 2026	Petition opened for signatures
24 Feb 2026	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 Feb 2026

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