India orders social media platforms to take down deepfakes faster
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📌 Key Takeaways
- India has implemented strict new rules regarding the oversight of AI-generated deepfakes.
- Social media platforms are now required to remove reported deepfake content within a two-hour window.
- The regulations officially took effect on February 20 for all digital intermediaries in the country.
- The policy aims to mitigate the risks of misinformation, fraud, and privacy violations caused by synthetic media.
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🏷️ Themes
Technology, Regulation, Digital Safety
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India
Country in South Asia
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest,...
Social media
Virtual online communities
Social media are new media technologies that facilitate the creation, sharing and aggregation of content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongst virtual communities and networks. Common features include: Online platforms enable users to create and share content and partici...
Deepfake
Realistic artificially generated media
Deepfakes (a portmanteau of 'deep learning' and 'fake') are images, videos, or audio that have been edited or generated using artificial intelligence, AI-based tools or audio-video editing software. They may depict real or fictional people and are considered a form of synthetic media, that is media ...
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📄 Original Source Content
India’s new rules take effect February 20, tightening deepfake oversight and shrinking takedown windows to as little as two hours.