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"Government Issues Directive to Social Media Firms: Identify and Remove Misinformation and Deepfakes Within 36 Hours"
Published On : 2023-11-08T17:54:32+0530 [ IST ] |
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"Government Issues Directive to Social Media Firms: Identify and Remove Misinformation and Deepfakes Within 36 Hours"
India :
The Centre has issued an advisory to major social media companies to identify misinformation, deepfakes and other content that violates rules and remove those within 36 hours after being reported to them, an official statement said on Tuesday.
The development comes after a deepfake video of actress Rashmika Mandanna was found circulating on social media platforms earning criticism from several politicians and celebrities.
Netizens claimed the video has been morphed and the actual video is of an Indian-origin person living in the UK.
"The Centre today issued an advisory to the significant social media intermediaries to ensure that due diligence is exercised and reasonable efforts are made to identify misinformation and deepfakes, and in particular, information that violates the provisions of rules and regulations and/or user agreements," the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) said in a statement. Meity in the advisory has directed that social media companies expeditiously take action against the content that is in violation of the rules and regulations well within the timeframes stipulated under the IT Rules 2021, and users are caused not to host such information, content, deepfakes.
Source : India Today
Tags : Government Directive , Social Media Firms , Deepfakes , Misinformation , Timely Removal , Online Content ,
Summary : The government has issued a directive to social media companies, urging them to promptly identify and remove instances of misinformation and deepfake content within a strict 36-hour timeframe.
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