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DEEPFAKE TECHNOLOGY RENDITIONS

Delhi police recently arrested a person who created deepfake video of actress
Rashmika Mandana entering lift wearing swimsuit which indeed a video was

of British actress Zara Patel. Oscar award honour film maker Jordan Peele
and BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti, the filmmaker’s brother-in-law together

initiated a Public Service Announcement (PSA) of earlier American President
Barack Obama conveying a clear message about sham news. The pair want
the project to spread awareness to the people of the ever evolving threat that

the digital world poses in 2018.
In Kerala a youtuber named Tom Antony who creates Deepfake video on the

Hollywood classic drama The Godfather features actors from Kerala
Mammootty, Mohanlal and Fahadh Faasil as a persona. This video gets viral

through social media, but this content creator was warning people about the
risks associated with artificial intelligence techniques as in by his own video

and stated that he declined in make such videos anymore using another
person’s face without permission.

LAWS AGAINST DEEPFAKE

Currently, Deep fake cybercrime is not specifically covered by any law in
India, but it can be addressed by combining several existing laws.

Section 66-D20 of the Information Technology Act,2000 as cheating by
personation using computer resource, shall be dealt with three year

detention or penalty of fine up to one lakh rupees.
Section 66E of the IT Act,2000, as person’s privacy got infringement
when someone takes, publishes, or transmits their image in the media, this

offence carries a three- year detention or a penalty of not less than two
lakhs rupees.

Section 51 of the Copyright Act, it is infringement to use any property
that is possessed by another person and over which they have the

exclusive right.

VERITAS VOLUME: 3, ISSUE: 2 WRITER: REBECA BIJU KURIEN