Apart from blocking of platforms enabling creation of deepfakes, Sharma has prayed that the Central government must appoint a dedicated nodal officer to receive complaints regarding deepfakes and to act upon a complaint within 12 hours and within six hours in the case of a complaint received regarding content featuring a public figure.
Sharma has also sought a directive to the Central government to ensure that apps and platforms enabling creation of deepfakes disclose that the content has been generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) either by a watermark or any other effective methodology.
A direction has also been sought to the social media companies to take down the deepfakes if they receive a complaint from the person concerned.
The PIL further prays that guidelines be issued to ensure that any access to AI and deepfake is carried out strictly in accordance with fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution till the time rules/guidelines are framed by the government.
Source: Barandbench
