Denmark plans ban on sharing AI deepfakes without consent

Denmark's culture minister will propose a bill on Thursday that would ban the digital copying and sharing of lifelike representations of a person, including their appearance and voice. The aim is to crack down on the spread of AI-generated deepfakes. Reuters reported the story, and it was updated on 8 October 2026 under the technology section of the outlet that carried it.

The source text available here is only a short excerpt: it gives the core of the proposal in a single sentence and the rest of the page is navigation menus and unrelated headlines. It does not say how the ban would work in practice, what penalties or exceptions might apply, how consent would be given or verified, or when the bill could become law. It also does not include comments from the minister or from critics, tech companies or rights groups.

What the excerpt does establish is the scope of the plan. The proposal targets not just images but also voice, and it covers both making a digital copy and sharing it. The framing around consent, reflected in the headline, indicates that the issue is the use of a person's likeness without their agreement.

It matters because it is a government move in Denmark, a country within the Nordic AI landscape, to address deepfakes through legislation aimed at the copying and distribution of a person's likeness. Readers who want the details of the bill, such as definitions, enforcement and the legislative timetable, will need to wait for further reporting, as none of that appears in the material provided.