As it moves to curb the spread of deepfakes on the Internet, the Centre has warned big tech social media companies to modify their terms of use – the contract between the companies and their users – to clearly reflect the types of audio, video and text on their platforms that violate existing Indian laws, The Indian Express has learnt.
During a meeting Tuesday with tech companies on dealing with deepfakes, the IT Ministry is also understood to be doubling down on the in-app reporting feature currently offered by social media companies by requiring them to treat user complaints at par with issues raised with their grievance officers. The meeting was chaired by Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
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