Centre Seeks Technical Changes From Meta To Tackle Deepfakes, Child Abuse Material
The Centre’s discussions with Meta have moved into a technical phase after two days of intensive questioning over deepfakes, child…
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has initiated a technical dialogue with Meta following days of inquiries into deepfakes, child sexual abuse material (CSAM), unlabelled AI-generated content, and content recommendation algorithms. The Centre requested Meta to implement specific measures and report back on the outcomes.
During the third day of discussions, Meta's global team, led by Joel Kaplan, explained its systems and proposed steps to address MeitY's concerns. The government is particularly worried about the persistent visibility of harmful AI-generated content despite flagging, and the lack of appropriate labeling of synthetic content. MeitY asked Meta to enhance human oversight in content moderation, with a focus on Indian languages and cultural contexts.
The discussions aimed to ensure compliance with Indian laws rather than censorship. Meta assured the officials of its solutions to tackle deepfakes, CSAM, bot accounts, and synthetic content, and detailed how these could be implemented across its platforms.
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