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ARTICLE · 08 DECEMBER 2025

Drafting Deepfake Defences: Comments On India's Proposed Amendments To The IT Rules

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On October 22, 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ("MeitY") proposed significant amendments ("Proposed Amendments") to the Information Technology...

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On October 22, 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ("MeitY") proposed significant amendments ("Proposed Amendments") to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 ("Rules"). These Proposed Amendments aim at regulating synthetically generated information including deepfakes, artificial intelligence ("AI") generated imagery, manipulated audio, and other forms of synthetic digital content, in response to rising concerns around misinformation, impersonation, and non-consensual imagery created using rapidly advancing generative AI technologies.

1. Rationale behind the Proposed Amendments?

MeitY's explanatory note to the Proposed Amendments cites a series of alarming trends, deepfake videos impersonating public figures, synthetic audio used in financial fraud and non-consensual intimate deepfakes. Globally and domestically, fabricated media has begun eroding public trust and exposing

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