Bharat Express

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

The plea was lodged by the editor-in-chief of a television channel, who emphasized the necessity for guidelines from the Central Government to curb the misuse of deepfake or AI technologies.

The government claimed that these websites made it easier for foreign players to carry out task-based or organised unlawful investment-related economic crimes.

On August 3, the government changed these specific commodities' import status from "free" to "restricted" with immediate effect, but on the industry's request, it postponed the change until October 31.