Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw orchestrates unprecedented offensive against Deepfakes

Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology and Communications, organized a meeting with important stakeholders, including social media companies, government representatives, and cybersecurity specialists, in response to the growing threat posed by deepfake technology.

Minister Vaishnaw said, “We need to take very urgent steps as far as possible either legal, regulatory or technological. We need to take all kinds of steps. We had a detailed meeting with all the social media platforms today. Everybody has accepted the seriousness of this threat. Deepfake has emerged as a huge social threat today. We had long and very candid discussions”.

The urgent high-level talks focused on developing a comprehensive plan to address the problems caused by deepfake content. Vaishnaw stated, “We need to concentrate on four areas: deepfake detection, prevention, reporting mechanisms, and raising awareness. There will be new regulations introduced, and efforts will be made to finish the drafting of regulations in the upcoming weeks.” Minister Vaishnaw highlighted the need for quick action during the meeting and disclosed that all parties involved were in agreement.

He also mentioned that the next meeting on the issue of ‘Deepfake’ will be held in the first week of December.
Focusing on four pillars- Detection, Prevention, Strengthening the Mechanism and Awareness.