Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has urged digital platforms Fb mum or dad Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, amongst others to begin taking accountability for what they publish, and devise technical and enterprise course of options to counter misinformation that might hurt society and democracy. He additionally emphasised that the federal government a well-considered authorized framework to deal with deepfakes and misinformation might be finalised post-elections.
“…Misinformation in a vibrant and numerous democracy like ours, can actually be very dangerous. It may be dangerous for society, for democracy, for the electoral course of, and it might probably actually affect our future and [the] concord of the society in a giant means,” Vaishnaw stated.
As India approaches the election season, digital platforms have intensified efforts to make sure election integrity. On its half, the federal government has issued advisories, emphasising zero tolerance for misinformation and deepfakes circulating on social media.
“We have now been very categorical in our discussions with the platforms…they’ve taken many steps, they’re constantly taking many steps, and instantly after the elections are over, we will definitely be arising with [a] very effectively thought-through authorized construction…,” information company PTI quoted Vaishnaw as saying.
The event comes every week after the federal government issued an advisory for social media and different platforms to label under-trial AI fashions and stop the internet hosting of illegal content material. About two weeks in the past, Google drew criticism over its AI device Gemini’s ‘biased’ response to a query on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Google, Microsoft, Meta should begin taking accountability
Vaishnaw stated that high expertise corporations like Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic “should begin taking accountability for what they publish.”
“They’re doing that in an effective way, they’ve their very own insurance policies. A lot of these insurance policies are at present resulting in both taking down one thing or they’ve their very own algorithms,” he stated.
“So, the platforms have been very clearly informed that they need to come out with technical in addition to enterprise course of options, by which the deepfakes and misinformation might be prevented from getting onto the platform,” Vaishnaw added.
“…Misinformation in a vibrant and numerous democracy like ours, can actually be very dangerous. It may be dangerous for society, for democracy, for the electoral course of, and it might probably actually affect our future and [the] concord of the society in a giant means,” Vaishnaw stated.
As India approaches the election season, digital platforms have intensified efforts to make sure election integrity. On its half, the federal government has issued advisories, emphasising zero tolerance for misinformation and deepfakes circulating on social media.
“We have now been very categorical in our discussions with the platforms…they’ve taken many steps, they’re constantly taking many steps, and instantly after the elections are over, we will definitely be arising with [a] very effectively thought-through authorized construction…,” information company PTI quoted Vaishnaw as saying.
The event comes every week after the federal government issued an advisory for social media and different platforms to label under-trial AI fashions and stop the internet hosting of illegal content material. About two weeks in the past, Google drew criticism over its AI device Gemini’s ‘biased’ response to a query on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Google, Microsoft, Meta should begin taking accountability
Vaishnaw stated that high expertise corporations like Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic “should begin taking accountability for what they publish.”
“They’re doing that in an effective way, they’ve their very own insurance policies. A lot of these insurance policies are at present resulting in both taking down one thing or they’ve their very own algorithms,” he stated.
“So, the platforms have been very clearly informed that they need to come out with technical in addition to enterprise course of options, by which the deepfakes and misinformation might be prevented from getting onto the platform,” Vaishnaw added.
