{"id":1243261,"date":"2023-03-02T08:38:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T03:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1243261"},"modified":"2023-03-02T08:38:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T03:08:59","slug":"govt-orders-facebook-whatsapp-other-social-media-apps-to-remove-deepfake-images-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/govt-orders-facebook-whatsapp-other-social-media-apps-to-remove-deepfake-images-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt Orders Facebook, Whatsapp, &#038; Other Social Media Apps To Remove &#8216;Deepfake Images, Videos&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Social media companies like as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube and Twitter have been directed by the government to take all \u2018reasonable and practicable measures\u2019 to remove or disable access to <a href=\"https:\/\/yourstory.com\/2023\/02\/meity-has-asked-social-media-platforms-remove-deep-fake-imagery?utm_campaign=fullarticle&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=inshorts\">\u2018deep fake imagery\u2019<\/a> as per the IT Rules, 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Remove or Disable \u201cDeep Fake Imagery\u201d : Government<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said in an advisory on Tuesday, that it will be within a time period of 24 hours of getting a complaint that these platforms are supposed to get rid of the content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Social-Media-Trap_thumb-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"Govt Orders Facebook, Whatsapp, &amp; Other Social Media Apps To Remove 'Deepfake Images, Videos'\" class=\"wp-image-1243382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Social-Media-Trap_thumb-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Social-Media-Trap_thumb-1280x720-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Social-Media-Trap_thumb-1280x720-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Social-Media-Trap_thumb-1280x720-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As per Rule 3(2)(b) of the IT Rules, this content could be impersonation in electronic form, including artificially morphed images of an individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MeitY sources said that \u201cThis is an advisory. 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