Amid serious concerns over 'deepfake' videos, the government is all set to meet social media platforms on the issue, with Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday asserting that safe harbour immunity clause will not apply if platforms do not take adequate steps to remove deepfakes.
Mr. Vaishnaw told reporters that the government had recently issued notices to companies on the deepfake issue, and while the platforms have responded, companies will have to be "more aggressive" in taking action on such content.
"They are taking steps...but we think that many more steps will have to be taken. And we are very soon going to have a meeting of all the platforms. “Maybe in the next three to four days, we'll call them for brainstorming on that and make sure that platforms make adequate efforts for preventing it (deepfakes), and for cleaning up their platforms," Mr. Vaishnaw said on the sidelines of a conference.
