India Seeks To Regulate Deepfakes

India is drafting rules to detect and limit the spread of deepfake content and other harmful AI media, a senior lawmaker said Thursday, following reports of proliferation of such content on social media platforms in recent weeks. From a report: Ashwini Vaishnaw, India's IT Minister, said the ministry held meetings with all large social media companies, industry body Nasscom and academics earlier in the day and has reached a consensus that a regulation is needed to better combat spread of deepfake videos as well as apps that facilitate their creations. 'The companies share our concerns and they understood that it's [deepfakes] are not free speech. They understood that it's something that's very harmful to the society,' he said. 'They understood the need for much heavier regulation on this, so we agree that we will start drafting the regulation today itself.' The ministry will be ready with 'clear actionable items' on how to combat deepfakes in 10 days.

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