Topic Lifecycle: Peaking

This topic is currently peaking in attention. Broadcasters dedicated 271s of airtime to it on Wednesday 30 September 2026, up 1.5x from the previous completed appearance.

Coverage trend (last 30 days)

How much coverage this topic got from each channel over the past month.

On screen

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BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 25 September 2026
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 30 September 2026

Recent stories

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Updated Wednesday 30 September 2026

Emerging

National Trading Standards launches AI scam watch list as deepfake fraud fears grow

National Trading Standards has launched a watch list for AI-related scams amid growing concerns over deepfake fraud.

1 channel

Updated Friday 25 September 2026

Dormant

AI-generated fake veteran videos used in social media shopping scams

Social media videos featuring AI-generated fake injured war veterans are being used to scam people into buying Chinese-made products. The development was reported by BBC ONE West.

1 channel

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Timeline

Where this topic appeared. Cells show coverage time and are darker when there was more coverage.

Date Channel 5 BBC News BBC One BBC Two Channel 4 GB News ITV Sky News
Wednesday 30 September 2026 —————— 4m 31s 5.1% —
Friday 25 September 2026 —— 3m 3s 3.1% —————