Failure to curb deepfakes may lead to action under IPC too: Official

The government has warned social media and internet intermediaries that failure to act on deep fake, synthetically altered content and 11 other user harms mentioned under the Information Technology (IT) Rules of 2021 could attract action under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) apart from the IT Rules, a senior official said.

On Tuesday, senior government officials from the ministry of electronics and information technology met executives from social media and other internet-based intermediaries. The meeting was chaired by the minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar.