New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): India’s cyber authorized framework, backed by the IT Act, BNS, and establishments like GAC, CERT-In, and I4C, is well-equipped to deal with evolving on-line harms and cyber crimes, mentioned Union Minister of State for Electronics and Data Expertise Jitin Prasada in Rajya Sabha.
MoS Prasada mentioned on Friday that the Authorities is acutely aware of the threats posed by deepfakes powered by Synthetic Intelligence (AI), together with artificial audio, video and textual content.
Such content material can significantly influence an individual’s dignity, status, and proper to privateness. It additionally raises considerations about platform accountability, he added, in response to the Ministry of Electronics & IT.
The MoS knowledgeable that to fight the rising menace of deepfakes and guarantee an open, protected, and accountable our on-line world, the Authorities of India has established a complete authorized and institutional framework.
A number of present legal guidelines tackle varied facets of AI-generated harms, together with the Data Expertise Act, 2000 (IT Act), which criminalises identification theft, impersonation, privateness violations, and the circulation of obscene content material. It additionally empowers authorities to difficulty blocking orders (Part 69A) and takedown notices (Part 79) to intermediaries.
Complementing this are the Data Expertise (Middleman Pointers and Digital Media Ethics Code) Guidelines, 2021, up to date in 2022 and 2023, which mandate digital platforms to train due diligence, stop the internet hosting of illegal content material, and guarantee accountability.
The Digital Private Information Safety Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) provides one other layer by requiring information fiduciaries, together with AI companies, to course of private information lawfully and with consumer consent. Deepfakes utilizing private information with out consent might be penalised below this Act.
Additional, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) addresses misinformation and organised cybercrimes via Sections 353 and 111.
The Authorities has additionally issued advisories (in December 2023 and March 2024) directing intermediaries to take away impersonation and deepfake content material, inform customers about deceptive content material, and guarantee well timed compliance with the Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) orders.
Intermediaries are additionally suggested to label AI-generated content material when outputs are probably unreliable.
India’s broader cyber ecosystem consists of platforms just like the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) and its SAHYOG Portal, which allow coordinated elimination of illegal content material. Residents can report incidents via the Nationwide Cyber Crime Reporting Portal or by calling the helpline 1930.
Moreover, CERT-In supplies steerage on rising AI threats, together with deepfakes, and conducts public consciousness campaigns via initiatives similar to Cyber Jagrookta Diwas, Nationwide Cyber Safety Consciousness Month, and Safer Web Day. (ANI)
