Govt asks Twitter, Facebook, other social media firms to take steps to remove deep fakes
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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has reportedly asked social media companies such as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube and Twitter to take ‘reasonable and practicable measures’ to remove or disable access to ‘deep fake imagery’ as per the IT Rules, 2021 In an advisory, MeitY asked these platforms to remove such imagery within 24 hours of getting a complaint from an individual, ET reported.