The Election Commission of India has also directed political parties to not allow their respective social media handles to publish and circulate deepfake audios and videos
WhatsApp has challenged Information Technology Rule 4(2) of the 2021 IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code), which mandates ‘significant social media intermediaries’ to ‘enable the identification of the first originator of the information’, which may be required by a court order or other competent authority
India News: MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court noted on Thursday that Solicitor General Tushar Mehta's statement, on behalf of the Centre, not to notify its Fact Check.
We are only one step away from opening the floodgates of message traceability in the name of preserving election integrity. Besides being disproportionate, traceability is also unlikely to serve its purpose