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Last month, the government issued an advisory to all social media intermediaries, to ensure compliance with the existing IT rules and specifically target the growing concerns around misinformation via deepfakes.

MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the government had earlier made it clear to social media and online platforms that if its advisory on deepfake is not fully adhered to, new IT rules would follow.

Chandrasekhar said the advisory on deepfakes has been "mixed" from online platforms, and promised that IT rules will be notified.

On January 11,Chandrasekhar told social media intermediaries that the amendments would be notified in the following seven to ten days | Latest News India

In the wake of the rising deepfakes, the Information Technology ministry is gearing to form tighter IT rules to tackle the menace. According to Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the amended IT rules will be notified in a week

The Centre said the Fact Check Unit for online content will not be notified till judgement is passed.

On September 29, 2023, the court concluded the hearing and reserved its verdict and said the same would be announced on December 1.

In a recent meeting with representatives of social media companies, MoS for Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar highlighted the government's proactive approach in dealing with deepfakes and assured them that the changes to IT Rules will be notified within seven to 10 days

India News: MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Friday said it will pronounce on January 15 its verdict on petitions challenging the amended- Information Technology Rule.

The amendments to the IT rules are likely to mandate that GenAI platforms which use artificially intelligent algorithms or language models to train their machines are free from “bias” of any kind.