India, Oct. 13 -- Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna on Sunday stressed that the need of the hour is for the competent authorities to look into legislating deepfakes and artificial intelligence-enabled child abuse.

Justice Nagarathna was speaking at the closing session of the national annual stakeholders consultation on 'Safeguarding the Girl Child: Towards a Safer and More Enabling Environment for Her in India' organised by the Juvenile Justice Committee of the Supreme Court in association with UNICEF India.

She said during the two-day consultation, discussions took place on various forms of violence that a girl child may be subjected to, and in particular, both the perils and promises of the cyber space and artificial intelligenc...