Deepfake videos case: Amid severe considerations over deepfake videos, the federal government is all set to meet social media platforms on the difficulty, with IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday (November 18) asserting that secure harbour immunity clause won’t apply if platforms don’t take ample steps to take away deepfakes.
Vaishnaw advised media that the federal government had just lately issued notices to corporations on the deepfake difficulty, and whereas the platforms have responded, corporations can have to be “more aggressive” in taking motion on such content material.
“They are taking steps. But we think that many more steps will have to be taken. And we are very soon going to have a meeting of all the platforms. Maybe in the next 3-4 days, we’ll call them for brainstorming on that and make sure that platforms make adequate efforts for preventing it (deepfakes), and for cleaning up their platforms,” Vaishnaw mentioned on the sidelines of a convention.
Asked if large platforms like Meta and Google can be referred to as for the assembly, the minister replied within the affirmative. Vaishnaw additionally made it clear that the ‘safe harbour immunity’ which platforms at the moment take pleasure in below the Information Technology (IT) Act won’t be relevant until they transfer swiftly to take agency motion.
“The safe harbour clause, which most social media platforms have been enjoying that does not apply if they do not take adequate steps for removing deepfakes from their platforms,” he mentioned.
Internet platforms and social media platforms- the likes of Google, Facebook, X (previously Twitter) and others – fall inside the ambit of an middleman. The secure harbour clause- below India’s Information Technology framework – protects intermediaries from authorized motion on them for content material posted on-line by their customers.
Deepfake videos went viral:
Recently, a number of ‘deepfake’ videos focusing on main actors went viral, sparking public outrage and elevating considerations over the misuse of expertise and instruments for creating doctored content material and pretend narratives.
PM Modi on Deepfake videos:
On Friday (November 17), Prime Minister Narendra Modi cautioned that deepfakes created by synthetic intelligence can lead to a giant disaster and stoke discontent in society, as he urged the media to increase consciousness about its misuse and educate folks. Deepfakes refer to artificial or doctored media that’s digitally manipulated and altered to convincingly misrepresent or impersonate somebody, utilizing a type of synthetic intelligence.
Recently, a deepfake video with a morphed face of actress Rashmika Mandanna went viral on social media, elevating a furore and prompting requires regulation of expertise to curb its misuse. The unique video was said to be of a British-Indian influencer, whose face had been edited with Mandanna’s face. Doctored video of another actors have additionally reportedly surfaced on social media platforms.
Advisory issued for social media platforms:
Last week, the Centre issued an advisory to main social media corporations to determine misinformation, deepfakes and different content material that violates guidelines and take away these inside 36 hours after being reported to them.
Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar had mentioned that deepfakes are a serious violation and hurt girls specifically.
“Safety and belief of our Digital Nagriks is our unwavering dedication and high precedence for the Narendra Modi Government.
“Given the numerous challenges posed by misinformation and deepfakes, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) has issued a second advisory inside the final six months, calling upon on-line platforms to take decisive actions in opposition to the unfold of deepfakes,” Chandrasekhar had mentioned.
To one other query on Apple risk notification difficulty, Vaishnaw mentioned that Apple is doing its investigation, and so is CERT-In (authorities’s cybersecurity company).
“Apple is doing their investigation, and CERT-In is also doing investigation. I think we should be able to get some results,” Vaishnaw mentioned.
Nearly a fortnight in the past, a number of opposition leaders had claimed they obtained an alert from Apple warning them of “state-sponsored attackers trying to remotely compromise” their iPhones and alleged hacking by the federal government, a cost Vaishnaw had categorically rejected however assured an intensive probe.
(With companies inputs)
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