New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- The IT ministry has proposed amendments to social media intermediary guidelines to incorporate the impact of artificial intelligence.

The draft amendments, published on 22 October, seek to crack down on the rising menace of deepfakes. However, creators and other industry stakeholders have called for some alterations to what the ministry has proposed. Mint breaks down the proposals and their impact on AI users.

Over the past four days, creators, through policy think-tanks, have raised concerns that India's attempt to curb content manipulated by AI does not offer enough nuance. The draft of the law, which is now available in public domain, urges any platform creating and distributing AI content to mandatorily use wat...