Mehta told the court that the plea has been filed by a lawyers’ body as the circulation of deepfake videos during the ongoing Lok Sabha election is deeply concerning and the plea has sought directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to stop the circulation of deepfake videos during Lok Sabha elections.
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said it would hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against the circulation of deepfake video during the ongoing general elections if the petition is in order.
Plea was mentioned today before High Court for urgent hearing
The plea was mentioned before a bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS Arora for an urgent hearing by senior advocate Jayant Mehta and the bench agreed to hear the plea on Thursday.
Plea has sought directions to ECI to stop circulation of deepfake videos during Lok Sabha polls
Mehta told the court that the plea has been filed by a lawyers’ body as the circulation of deepfake videos during the ongoing Lok Sabha election is deeply concerning and the plea has sought directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to stop the circulation of deepfake videos during Lok Sabha elections.
Mehta, while seeking urgent hearing into the matter, told the bench that the Lok Sabha elections are going on and deepfake videos are being circulated and these are creating a narrative of misinformation.
Mehta further told the court that taking these deepfake videos down takes several hours and the damage is done by that time. The representation tlo the ECI in this regard have already been given, Mehta added.
After hearing the submissions of Mehta, the bench agreed to examine the issue and told Mehta that it would hear the PIG tomorrow, if the petition is in order.
High Court is already hearing a plea on misuse of deepfakes
The High Court is also seized of another plea on the issue of misuse of deepfakes filed by lawyer Chaitanya Rohilla, who has highlighted some recent misuse of deepfake technology.
The High Court hearing the matter of Rohilla had earlier issued notice to the Centre and sought its response and had said that the plea raising concerns over deepfakes has a large dimension and the central government would be the best to frame rules in this regard.
“This matter has a large dimension so we thought the Union of India would be the best to frame rules. Let the UoI apply its mind first,” the bench had said.
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