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Parliament Panel Presses Licensing and Labels to Tackle AI Fake News

The draft report now awaits tabling in the next parliamentary session.

Overview

  • The Standing Committee asked the government to build legal and technological tools to identify and prosecute purveyors of AI-generated misinformation.
  • It recommended exploring licensing for AI content creators and mandatory labels on AI-made images, videos and articles.
  • The panel called for coordination between the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, MeitY and other departments to implement a common framework.
  • The report records that MeitY has set up a nine-member group on deepfakes and is funding projects for fake speech and deepfake detection.
  • Ministries cautioned that AI cannot perform full fact-checking today and should be used to flag suspect content for human review, while the committee also urged media outlets to maintain fact-check units and internal ombudsmen.