Ashwini Vaishnaw (File photo) NEW DELHI: Warning that fake news poses a direct threat to India’s democracy, I&B minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Wednesday told Lok Sabha the govt is moving to strengthen the legal framework to curb misinformation and AI-driven deepfakes across digital platforms.Vaishnaw said the manner in which social media is being used has led…
NEW DELHI: To help bureaucrats issue quick and sharp responses to fight misinformation, the govt is sensitising its secretaries, joint secretaries, additional secretaries and directors on the use of new age media, including social media and podcasts, to put out facts coupled with information and status of schemes and programmes.TOI has learnt that a day-long…
NEW DELHI: Concerned over the growing threat from AI-generated synthetic content and deepfakes, govt is considering amendments to the IT law to fix greater accountability on top social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Google, YouTube and X against potential misinformation while also looking to mandate labelling and prominent markers for easier identification by the…
US President Donald Trump’s trade advisor Peter Navarro went off the rails on Monday as his poll against India backfired on X, with the majority of users polling against his viewpoint.In the poll, which Navarro began to ascertain if Elon Musk‘s platform let what he called “Indian special interests” interfere in US debates, 74% users…