Govt aims at ensuring safe, trusted, accountable internet to users; advisories issued to social media platforms on deepfakes: Centre to RS

New Delhi: To prevent the harm caused by misinformation through deepfakes, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Friday informed the Rajya Sabha that advisories have been issued to significant social media platforms, advising them to ensure that their rules and regulations and the user agreement contain appropriate provisions for the users not to host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, store, update or share any information that is prohibited under IT rules.

Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar shared the input, clarifying that “the policies of the government are aimed at ensuring that the Internet in India is open, safe, trusted and accountable to all users.”