Is deepfake legal in India?

19th April, 2024 - 6:56 am Categories: 0 Comments “The police are prosecuting on the effect of the deep fake and not because it is a deep fake itself”According to policy researchers at Digital Futures Lab in Goa, Indian regulations do not currently provide a precise definition of “deepfakes” The Information Technology Act and laws prohibiting defamation, fake news and invasions of privacy have been used by the police to try and handle specific situations.[1]Deep Fake“Deepfakes refer to synthetic or doctored media digitally manipulated and altered to convincingly misrepresent or impersonate someone using a form of artificial intelligence or AI[2]”Deep Fakes pose serious problems for data security, privacy, and intellectual property rights. When deepfake technology is misused, it can result in privacy rights violations, personal data breaches, and the unapproved use of people’s likenesses for profit or commercial endeavours.Recently, how deep fake is used for ill-intents came to light. M...