MeitY has directed social media platforms to update user terms and contracts, forbidding users from engaging in 11 types of content, including deepfakes
MoS Chandrasekhar said that the ministry will also develop a digital platform for users to report violations of IT Rules by social media platforms
MeitY will also soon appoint a Rule Seven officer to oversee the establishment of a mechanism for enabling end users to file their complaints regarding deepfakes
Cracking the whip on deepfakes, the union government has set a seven-day deadline for social media platforms to tweak their user ‘terms and contracts’ in line with the IT Rules. The updated account policy will forbid netizens from engaging in 11 types of content, including deepfakes, that harm users.
“Platforms have agreed that within the next 7 days, they will ensure that all terms and contracts with users expressly forbid them from engaging in the 11 types of content laid out in the IT Rules,” said Minister of State (MoS) for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday (November 24).