Naithani, Paarth
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6144-3364
(2026)
Regulating Deepfakes under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
Economic and Political Weekly, 61 (12).
ISSN 2349-8846
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Abstract
Deepfakes are media created using artificial intelligence in which people are seen to be saying or doing things they did not. Deepfakes can be used for various harmful purposes, so it is necessary to analyse how the law can regulate them. Today, there are several instances of deepfakes being misused both in the Indian and global context. This article suggests how India's first comprehensive data protection law, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, can regulate deepfakes. The article proposes that data fiduciaries who create and circulate deepfakes must comply with data protection obligations, and data principals whose deepfakes are circulated must have rights against non-consensual use of deepfakes.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Artificial intelligence | Deepfakes | Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 |
| Subjects: | Physical, Life and Health Sciences > Computer Science Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Law and Legal Studies |
| Vol/Issue no. published date: | March 2026 |
| Depositing User: | Mr. Syed Anas Ali |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jun 2026 09:19 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2026 09:19 |
| Official URL: | https://www.epw.in/engage/article/regulating-deepf... |
| URI: | https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/11806 |
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