India asks Meta to revamp algorithms, submit roadmap to fight deepfakes
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has reportedly told Meta to revamp its algorithms and provide a compliance roadmap to fight deepfakes, propaganda and other manipulated or illegal content on its platforms.
According to ANI sources, officials also asked Meta to tighten content moderation, act faster on takedown requests from authorised agencies, follow data-localisation requirements and work more closely with the government to speed up detection and removal of deepfakes, morphed images and misleading posts.
