The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on February 10 notified amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, explicitly bringing synthetically generated information, including deepfakes, within the scope of the IT Rules’ due diligence framework. The amendments regulating synthetic media will come into force on February 20, 2026, giving platforms a 10-day compliance window.

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