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HANSARDDeepfakes: General ElectionThe noble Viscount is right to point to the digital imprint regime as one of the tools at our disposal for limiting the use of deepfakes. I think we would hesitate to have a…08 May 2024HANSARDDeepfakes: General ElectionIndeed—and let me first thank my noble friend for bringing up this important matter. That sounds to me like something that would be likely to be applied under the false…08 May 2024HANSARDDeepfakes: General ElectionIn the regrettable scenario mentioned by the noble Lord, such actions would generally fall to the Joint Election Security and Preparedness Unit and the election cell that will…08 May 2024HANSARDDeepfakes: General ElectionIt is a very interesting question, but I am afraid I have no information on that as it is not DSIT’s area at all. I will be very happy to find out and write to the noble Lord if…08 May 2024HANSARDDeepfakes: General ElectionFirst, let me absolutely endorse the noble Lord’s sentiment: this is a deplorable way to behave that should not be tolerated. From hearing the noble Lord speak of the actions, my…08 May 2024HANSARDDeepfakes: General ElectionWell, some of the enforcement measures under the Online Safety Act do allow for very significant moves against social media platforms that misuse their scale and presence to…08 May 2024HANSARDUniversities: Sensitive ResearchI certainly recognise the concern that overseas undergraduates tend to come very largely from a small number of countries, and the value of diversifying from that. I am afraid I…30 Apr 2024HANSARDUniversities: Sensitive ResearchThe noble Baroness raises a very important point; it is not about naming one or more countries and targeting them. The non-legislative and legislative elements of the entire…30 Apr 2024HANSARDUniversities: Sensitive ResearchI am consulting the lengthy list of acronyms that I wrote down in preparing for this, but I am not sure I have the right one. I take the noble Baroness’s point very seriously. We…30 Apr 2024HANSARDUniversities: Sensitive ResearchI thank my noble friend for that. Yes, the university sector absolutely does go far beyond just the Russell group. We must take account of all its needs. The review of protections…30 Apr 2024HANSARDUniversities: Sensitive ResearchI would be very happy to raise that with them and ask them to do so. I take the noble Baroness’s point. There is nothing more important for us to do than look after our security,…30 Apr 2024HANSARDUniversities: Sensitive ResearchI thank my noble friend for the question. The first thing to say is that the independence of universities is absolutely critical to the quality of their research. While the…30 Apr 2024HANSARDUniversities: Sensitive ResearchThe noble Lord is absolutely right in his analysis of the problem, which I agree with wholeheartedly. The most powerful tool we have at our disposal in this is RCAT—the Research…30 Apr 2024HANSARDUniversities: Sensitive ResearchThe Government are implementing a range of legislative and non-legislative measures, including the Research Collaboration Advice Team, which provides advice to academia on…30 Apr 2024HANSARDUniversities: Sensitive ResearchIndeed, and we must recognise that there are limits to a voluntary scheme, particularly where actors are genuinely malign. I reassure the noble Viscount that any research…30 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information Bill24 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillAs I said, the Government have met the Geospatial Commission many times. I would be happy to meet it in order to help it adapt its business model for the NUAR future. As I said,…24 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI saw that story. Obviously, regardless of how they report the data, if they do not know, they do not know. But my thought was that, if there are maps available for everything…24 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillLet me begin by reiterating my thanks to the noble Baroness, Peers, families and coroners for their help in developing these measures. My momentary pleasure in being supported on…24 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, having listened carefully to representations from across the House at Second Reading, I am introducing this amendment to address concerns about the data preservation…24 Apr 2024