Union Minister
Rajeev Chandrasekhar has insisted on dealing with dangerous and damaging form
of misinformation. His reaction came after the ‘deepfake’ video of actor
Rashmika Mandanna went viral on social media.
The Union Minister
of State for Electronics and IT wrote on X, “PM Narendra Modi ji’s Govt is
committed to ensuring Safety and Trust of all Digital Nagriks using Internet.”
Stating the IT
rules notified in April, 2023, he stated, “It is a legal obligation for
platforms to: ensure no misinformation is posted by any user AND, ensure that
when reported by any user or govt, misinformation is removed in 36 hrs. If
platforms do not comply with this, rule 7 will apply and platforms can be taken
to court by aggrieved person under provisions of IPC. Deepfakes are latest and
even more dangerous and damaging form of misinformation and needs to be dealt
with by platforms.”
Journalist Abhishek
Kumar had shared the video of the actress and called for “an urgent need for a
legal and regulatory framework to deal with deepfake incidents in the country.
Additionally, he shared
the original video and said the video is of Zara Patel and was uploaded on October
9. Patel is a British-Indian girl with 415K followers on Instagram.
Superstar Amitabh
Bachchan who played the role of Mandanna’s father in Good Bye also came in
support of the actor and called for a legal action. Replying to the Abhishek’s
post, the actor wrote, “yes this is a strong case for legal”
Know About Deepfakes
DeepFakes are
videos made with the help of Artificial Intelligence that appear genuine,
however, depict events or speech that never happened. In a Deepfake video, the
body or face the person is digitally manipulated to make them appear like
someone else.
