Govt Asks Social Media Companies To Remove Deep Fakes
MeitY issued an advisory & asked all the major social media platforms to remove the deep fake images & videos within 24 hours after getting a user complaint. According to reports, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has instructed Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, and other social media platforms to take “reasonable and practicable measures” to block or remove access to “deep fake imagery” in accordance with the IT Rules, 2021. According to a warning from MeitY , these sites must take down such images within 24 hours of receiving a complaint. A person’s identity, including the face and voice, are perfectly replaced with someone else’s in deep fakes, which are forged or fake videos made using deep learning, a type of artificial intelligence. In accordance with Rule 3(2)(b) of the IT Regulations , the MeitY guidance further stated that this content might constitute electronic impersonation, including electronically modified photos of...