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Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday called deep fake videos the latest and more “dangerous and damaging form of misinformation”, after a deep fake video of actor Rashmika Mandanna’s face went viral.
The minister also reminded social media platforms of their legal obligations under the IT rules notified in April this year.
He said that it is the legal obligation of platforms to ensure no misinformation is posted by any user and when reported by any user or the government, the misinformation is removed in 36 hours. “If platforms do not comply with this, rule 7 will apply and platforms can be taken to court by aggrieved person under provisions of IPC,” Chandrasekhar said.
The video in question featured British-Indian influencer Zara Patel, who has over 400,000 followers on Instagram, but her face changes to that of Mandanna.
Actor Amitabh Bachchan, who will be seen in Mandanna’s Bollywood debut Goodbye, shared the video and highlighted the need for new legal measures.
Deep fakes are photos, audio or videos wherein an element is modified using Artificial Intelligence. They are created by machine learning models, which use neural networks to manipulate images and videos.
