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The authorities has strengthened the model to combat fake quality and deepfakes crossed media platforms, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw said successful Rajya Sabha connected Friday (December 12, 2025).
In effect to the questions asked by Mohammed Nadimul Haque (Trinamool Congress), the Union Minister said that escaped code is protected nether Article 19(1) of the Constitution. “The authorities is cognisant of the expanding instances of fake, false, misleading information, and AI-generated deepfakes crossed media platforms, which tin adversely interaction antiauthoritarian processes and nationalist order,” said the reply.
Stating that a wide statutory and organization model already exists to code fake quality crossed assorted media platforms, the Minister said TV channels travel the Programme Code nether the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, which prohibits contented that is obscene, defamatory, deliberately false, oregon that contains suggestive innuendos and half-truths.
The rules framed nether the Act found a three-tier grievance redressal mechanics to code violations. Level I is self-regulation by the broadcasters; Level II is regularisation by broadcasters’ self-regulatory bodies; and Level III is the oversight mechanics by the Central government. The usurpation of the Programme Code is addressed done advisories, warnings, apology scrolls, impermanent off-air directions, etc.
For the people media, Norms of Journalistic Conduct issued by the Press Council of India (PCI) restrain the work of fake, defamatory, oregon misleading news. It tin inquire into alleged violations of the norms, analyse complaints, and instrumentality measures specified arsenic warning, admonishing, oregon censuring the newspaper, editors, journalists, etc.
There is Code of Ethics nether Information Technology Rules 2021 for publishers of quality and existent affairs connected integer media. The intermediaries indispensable forestall users from sharing misinformation oregon accusation that is patently mendacious and untrue oregon misleading successful nature. A three-tier grievance redressal mechanics for adherence to the Code of Ethics is besides provided.
Verifying facts
The Fact Check Unit (FCU) has been acceptable up nether the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to cheque fake quality related to the Union government. It verifies the authenticity of quality from authorised sources successful Ministries/ Departments of the Government of India, portion FCU past posts close accusation connected its societal media platforms.
“The authorities is strengthening institutions and the spot that forms the instauration of society. Its attack is to safeguard the originative state portion addressing the harms caused by misinformation,” the Minister said.
