Vaishnaw seeks deepfake curbs, age checks for Netflix, YouTube, Meta, X users in India

The government is discussing issues of age-based restriction as well as deepfakes with social media platforms to determine the way forward, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday as he advocated the need for stronger regulations to protect children, and safeguard society at large from user harms.

The minister emphasised that any company — be it Netflix, YouTube, Meta, or X — must abide by the legal framework and the Constitution of India. He noted that the problem of deepfakes is growing day by day and asserted that stronger regulation is needed.