Know what has been said in this advisory
Deepfake: government issued advisory for social media companies, sought this report within 7 days
The government has issued an advisory to social media companies due to increasing cases of deepfakes. Know what has been said in this advisory
Deepfake Advisory
The government has issued another advisory yesterday on deepfakes. The central government has advised all social media companies to follow IT rules and has also asked people to be informed about this. Especially companies have been warned about deepfakes and they have been asked to take action against wrong and inappropriate content. Citing Rule 3(1)(b) in the advisory, it has been said that if someone posts or shares inappropriate content on a social media platform, then legal action will be taken against him under this rule. The government has asked social media companies to pay more attention to misinformation and deepfakes and to strictly follow all the rules.
IT Ministry will keep an eye
Minister of State for Electronics and Information technology Rajeev Chandrashekhar said the government will closely monitor compliance with these advisories by social media and internet intermediaries over the next few weeks and amendments in IT rules or laws will be made if necessary. This means that the government will keep a close watch on social media platforms.
This report sought within 7 days
Apart from this, the IT Ministry has asked for an 'Action Taken cum Status Report' from all social media companies within 7 days. The advisory sent on tuesday asked social media companies and internet intermediaries to follow rules prohibiting the hosting, and sharing of child sexual abuse material, pornographic material, and allowing illegal loan apps. Also, in this advisory, social media companies have been asked to take additional measures to allow any advertisement of illegal loans and betting apps so that the common people do not fall into their trap.