By Pavan Duggal

Indian cyber legislation has reached a pivotal moment. The draft changes to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, referred to simply as the IT Rules, represent a definitive legal answer to one of the most pressing issues facing our digital society: the emergence of deepfakes and artificially created content.

Indian law now officially recognises “synthetically generated information” for the first time. This is material that has been modified or produced using artificial intelligence (AI) to look genuine. This acknowledgment goes beyond mere terminology. It confirms that legal frameworks must adapt to safeguard truth in an era where AI-generated fabrications can convincingly mimic reality.

Anchoring digital truth

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