India to have draft regulation on deepfakes in 10 days: Ashwini Vaisnaw

The government is considering imposing penalties on the creators of deepfakes as well as the platforms hosting them as part of new regulations to curb the menace, Union Minister of Electronics and Information and Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. The draft rules may come within 10 days, he added.

“Deepfakes have emerged as a new threat to democracy. These (can) weaken trust in society and its institutions,” Vaishnaw told reporters after a meeting with various stakeholders in New Delhi.

Deepfakes use deep learning artificial intelligence to replace, alter, or mimic someone’s face in video or voice in audio.