Issued notices to all social media platforms: Vaishnaw on deep fake case

Amid the deep fake video issue, Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said that notices were issued to all social media platforms directing them to take necessary steps to identify and remove such content.

Ashwini Vaishnaw, who interacted with the media on Saturday, said, “Deep fake is a big issue for all of us. We recently issued notices to all the big social media forms, asking them to take steps to identify deepfakes, for removing those content. The social media platforms have responded. They are taking action. We have told them to be more aggressive in this work.”