Overview
- MeitY announced the start of stakeholder consultations on AI regulation and said it has received 762 proposals from ministries on how to use AI in government services.
- The ministry has issued a formal notice to Meta over allegations that ads linked to child sexual abuse material appeared on its platforms and will wait for the company’s formal reply before deciding next steps.
- MeitY said it will review Meta’s new Muse image tool and reports of scraping public Instagram content once it receives representations and formal responses from the company.
- Notices were also sent to messaging apps including WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram over username-related features, with the companies given fixed deadlines to respond.
- MeitY framed the regulatory push as part of an economic plan to deploy AI across Global Capability Centres to raise the value of work in India and said further action will follow after the consultation and companies’ replies.