The Parliamentary Permanent Committee for Communication and Information Technology asked the Government to propose legal and technological measures to identify and prosecute individuals and organizations that spread such content. Picture for representation. | Photo Credit: Reuters
The Parliamentary Committee recommended that the government to examine the feasibility of licensing requirements for the AI content creators and be described as the designation of videos and content of compulsory, in the effort to combat the dissemination of false reports.
The Parliamentary Permanent Committee for Communication and Information Technology, chaired by a party to Bharatiya Janata Nishikant Dubey, also asked the government to propose legal and technological measures to identify and prosecute individuals and organizations that spread such content.
The Committee’s proposal has recently been submitted to the spokesman of Lok Sabha Om Birla and will be submitted in parliament during the next meeting. She also called for “close coordination between the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) and other ministries and departments”.
Although the proposals of the committee are not binding, the government often accepts its recommendations. The panel noted that Meity was already a nine -member body to explore the calls resulting from the “deep problem”.
Two ongoing projects in this respect include false speech detection using a deep teaching frame and designing and developing software to identify videos and images of Deepfake, he said.
The report noted that advances in technology, especially in AI, could provide tools to solve worries about false messages. However, the ministries concerned said that AI in its current form cannot be used to check the facts because it relies on existing information available online. Instead, AI could help to indicate potentially false or misleading content for human control, the committee said.
“AI technology and machine learning (ML) are increasingly used to increase the ability to detect, verify and prevent disinformation and misinformation,” the committee said, adding that several research projects and initiatives are investigating such use.
The Committee described the false reports as the “serious threat” for the public order and the democratic process and recommended to alter the criminal provisions, increase fines and determine responsibility. It also preceded the mandatory presence of mechanisms of controlling facts and internal ombudsmen in all print organizations, digital and electronic media.
At the same time, it stressed that such measures should be developed through consensual building between media authorities and other parties involved.
Published – September 2025 20:14 IS IS
