The government asked digital platforms to provide technical and business process solutions to prevent and weed out misinformation that can potentially harm society and democracy, Minister for IT and Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw has said. He added that a well-thought legal structure against deepfakes and misinformation will be finalised after the elections.
With poll season in India up ahead, digital platforms have upped election integrity efforts over the past weeks, while the government, through advisories and missives, has conveyed its zero tolerance for deepfakes and misinformation circulating on social media and other platforms.
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