YouTube offers deepfake detection to HollywoodYouTube is now offering Hollywood celebrities and entertainers a free deepfake detection tool to combat AI-driven impersonations. This expa...
24 Apr, 2026, 01.24 PM IST
Constant AI labelling, lasting pain: Why govt's label mandate could reshape social mediaIndia's MeitY is proposing a significant new rule for social media platforms. Platforms must now display labels on synthetic content contin...
23 Apr, 2026, 12.28 AM IST
Johnny Somali sentenced to six months with hard labor in South Korea over livestream anticsYouTuber Johnny Somali has been sentenced to six months in prison with hard labor in South Korea for lewd behavior, including kissing a sta...
15 Apr, 2026, 09.17 AM IST
Personal data isn't collected: MHA on security agencies using open-source intelligence from public sourcesSecurity agencies are utilizing open-source intelligence from public sources like social media for information gathering, assuring no priva...
31 Mar, 2026, 06.07 PM IST
Gautam Gambhir moves Delhi High Court against deepfakes, seeks Rs 2.5 crore damagesCricketer Gautam Gambhir has filed a lawsuit in Delhi High Court. He seeks protection for his identity against fake videos and unauthorised...
19 Mar, 2026, 03.15 PM IST
YouTube adds tool to help public figures report fake videosThe pilot programme, announced Tuesday, is arriving as social media companies and a patchwork of new laws start to address the problem of t...
10 Mar, 2026, 10.15 PM IST
Need much stronger regulation on deepfakes, talks on with industry: VaishnawVaishnaw said the problem of deepfakes is growing day by day and asserted that stronger regulation is needed.
17 Feb, 2026, 04.04 PM IST
Explained: Why South Korea is on high alert over deepfake sex crimesSeveral domestic media outlets reported recently that sexually explicit deepfake images and videos of South Korean women were often found i...
30 Aug, 2024, 04.19 PM IST
How 'deepfake Musk' became internet's biggest scammerThe scammers had edited a genuine interview with Musk, replacing his voice with a replica using AI tools. The AI was sophisticated enough t...
19 Aug, 2024, 09.39 AM IST
YouTube makes it easier to take down AI deepfakesThis shift indicates that YouTube now considers deepfakes primarily a privacy issue rather than just a content moderation challenge. One ca...
05 Jul, 2024, 05.47 PM IST
Deepfake is not in our interest; company complies with all local laws: YouTubeYouTube India Director, Ishan John Chatterjee said the firm complies with all local laws and continues to engage with the government on all...
01 Dec, 2023, 06.40 PM IST
No clickbait! YouTubers will have to come clean about digitally-altered content, rules GoogleThe development comes within a week of Union cabinet minister for electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw and minister of state for electronics...
29 Nov, 2023, 10.13 PM IST
Google to allow users to request removal of AI-generated deepfakes from YouTubeGoogle has also made progress on tools to detect synthetic audio by training a classifier that can detect such content with nearly 99% accu...
29 Nov, 2023, 09.15 PM IST
Deepfake: Actress Alia Bhatt morphed video gets attention online; increases concern over misuse of technologyActress Alia Bhatt is the latest victim of deepfake video. The video has gotten the attention of people online who have pointed out the rea...
27 Nov, 2023, 11.58 AM IST
Government warns Facebook, YouTube to enforce rules to deter deepfakesThe warning was conveyed by deputy IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a closed-door meeting where he said many companies had not updated t...
24 Nov, 2023, 08.19 PM IST
What are deepfake videos, how they are made, and how to spot fake ones? Here is all you should knowDeepfake videos, though not new, are becoming more sophisticated due to technological advancements. Recently, an Indian actor, Rashmika Man...
10 Nov, 2023, 01.54 PM IST
When tech turns terrible: From Rashmika Mandanna to Tom Hanks & Scarlett Johansson, celebs who have been victims of deepfakeThe entertainment industry is facing a surge in deepfake controversies, with celebrities like Rashmika Mandanna and Katrina Kaif falling vi...
08 Nov, 2023, 11.39 AM IST