Government warns Facebook, YouTube to enforce rules to deter deepfakes
Facebook and YouTube to repeatedly remind users that local laws prohibit them from posting deepfakes and content that spreads obscenity or misinformation, two sources told Reuters.
The warning was conveyed by deputy IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a closed-door meeting where he said many companies had not updated their usage terms despite 2022 rules that prohibit content «harmful» to children, obscene or that «impersonates another person».
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK Senior Management ProgrammeVisitIIT DelhiIITD Certificate Programme in Data Science & Machine LearningVisitIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in FinTech, Banking & Applied Risk ManagementVisit It comes amid growing concerns over deepfakes — realistic yet fabricated videos created by artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms trained on online footage — with a top minister this week saying India is drawing up rules to address the problem.
Chandrasekhar said the companies must raise awareness of the rules by reminding users every time they log in that they cannot post such content, or by issuing reminders.
He said otherwise he will issue directions forcing them to do so, said the two sources, who declined to be named as the meeting was private.
The minister described it as a «non-negotiable» demand of the Indian government during the meeting, said one of the sources.
India's IT ministry said in a press statement all platforms had agreed to align their content guidelines with government rules.
Alphabet Inc's YouTube, Facebook and Chandrasekhar did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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