Delhi High Court
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A petition was filed before the Delhi High Court on Wednesday against the spread of deepfake videos during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan Singh and Justice Manmeet PS Arora agreed to list the matter for hearing on Thursday if the petition is justified.
Senior advocate Jayant Mehta referred the plea for urgent hearing, saying it was being filed by a lawyers’ association seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to stop the spread of deepfake videos during elections. Has been demanded. Explaining the urgency, the lawyer said that general elections are going on and deepfake videos are being circulated and he has also given a representation to the ECI.
The bench said that social media platforms now have grievance redressal officers and sought to know whether the petitioners have approached them. The lawyer said that he has done whatever he could. He said that by the time action is taken and such videos are removed, the damage is already done as the response time is between 24 to 48 hours. The bench said it would examine the issue and hear it on Thursday.
