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India tells social media platforms to remove reported deepfakes within 36 hours

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Source: Press Information Bureau

MeitY issued an advisory on 7 November 2023 telling significant social media intermediaries to make reasonable efforts to identify misinformation and deepfakes, stop users hosting them and remove reported content within 36 hours. Platforms that fail to act risk losing safe-harbour protection under Section 79(1) of the IT Act, 2000 and face Rule 7 of the IT Rules, 2021.

Why it matters

Large platforms in India were put on notice that leaving reported deepfakes up past 36 hours could cost them their legal immunity for user content.

When
7 Nov 2023
ID
WTA-N-2023-0110
Where
India
Who
MeitY

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Press Information Bureau. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Press Information Bureau

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

Next stop on this Storyline: Led toIndia’s IT ministry tells platforms to warn users against deepfakes under IT Rules

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WTA-N-2023-0110: “India tells social media platforms to remove reported deepfakes within 36 hours.” wheresthe.ai, 7 Nov 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/in-meity-deepfake-advisory-2023-11/ (source: Press Information Bureau).

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