Internet, tech can do harm if not regulated via prism of safety, trust: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

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Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday, adding that 'guardrails' have to be carefully developed without over-regulating innovation.
The Minister of State for IT and Electronics said that while artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the biggest inventions of recent times, the government is committed to ensuring the safety of users on digital platforms, given that India is one of the largest connected nations in the world with almost 850 million Indians already using the internet and 1.2 billion estimated to do so by 2025-26.

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In a video message at the 'DATE with Tech' event, the minister also drew attention to the issue of deepfakes.
«You have heard recently our Prime Minister call out the risks of deepfakes. We have all been aware, especially some of us from my generation, who always believe that technology is a great enabler and is a force for good, but the recent events in the last 10 years have also shown that unless regulated carefully and through the prism of safety and trust, internet and the broader technology ecosystem can also be a power for harm and criminality,» the minister said.
Therefore, «guardrails carefully developed without over-regulating innovation is something that we are focusing on, working with the rest of the world,» he noted.
The safety and trust of all online users (digital nagriks) is a policy imperative.
India is an extraordinary case study of the deployment of technology for the public good, he said,