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Govt to enable citizens to file FIR against social media companies

The government will assist citizens in filing FIR against social media platforms for violation of IT rules in case they are aggrieved from objectionable content like deep fakes. Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) will develop a platform on which users can notify about IT rule violation by social media platforms. "Meity will assist users to very easily notify it about violation of IT rules and assist them in filing FIRs," the minister said. He was speaking to the media after a meeting with social media platforms. "From today onwards there is zero tolerance for violation of IT rules," Chandrasekhar said. The FIR will be registered against the intermediary and if they disclose the details from where the content has originated then the FIR will be filed against the entity that has posted the content, the minister said. He said that social media platforms have been given seven days time to al

Platforms with algo biases not protected under IT rule: Chandrasekhar

Those who are aggrieved by this can file FIRs against such platforms and safe harbour/immunity under Section 79 will not apply to these cases," said the minister

Govt gearing up to launch India AI Programme soon: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The India AI programme will take the focus of the tech and startup ecosystem on real-life use cases in agriculture, security and governance, said the union minister at the Nasscom Future Forge event

Rashmika Mandanna's deepfake video goes viral, IT Minister issues warning

The video shows a woman wearing a black outfit entering a lift. However, her face changes to that of the actor Rashmika Mandanna in the deepfake video

Social media cos must remove misinformation: MoS IT on actress' fake video

Social media companies are bound to remove any misinformation and ensure that if any misinformation reported to them by any user or the government it is taken down within 36 hours, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar tweeted on Monday. The comments from the minister came in response to the circulation of a deepfake video of actress Rashmika Mandanna on social media platforms. "Under the IT rules notified in April 2023 it is a legal obligation for platforms to ensure no misinformation is posted by any user and ensure that when reported by any user or govt, misinformation is removed in 36 hrs," he said. "Deepfakes are the latest and even more dangerous and damaging form of misinformation and need to be dealt with by platforms," he said. Mandanna expressed concern over her fake video in circulation. "I feel really hurt to share this and have to talk about the deepfake video of me being spread online. Something like this is honestly, extremely scary not only

Mahadev App: Govt didn't receive any letter seeking ban, says Chandrasekhar

Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday rejected the Congress' claim that Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel had first raised the demand to ban the controversial Mahadev App months ago but the Centre failed to act. Chandrasekhar alleged that Congress is creating a "new story" claiming to have written to the Centre two months back only in the wake of the disclosure that those who run this app have paid Rs 508 crore. Hitting back at Congress, the MoS for Electronics and Information Technology alleged the Baghel government deliberately stretched the investigation for one-and-a-half years as they wanted to take out Rs 508 crore from the betting app. Notably, the Centre on Sunday issued blocking orders against the Mahadev app and Reddyannaprestopro along with 20 other illegal betting platforms at the request of the Enforcement Directorate. In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Monday said the Enforcement Directorate has been investigating the Mahadev

'Cong gains power by fake guarantees to turn states into ATMs of 1 family'

Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday claimed the Congress comes to power by making fake guarantees and turning states into the ATM of one family. Addressing a press conference here in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, he alleged the Congress has nothing to do with public welfare but wants to get power through fake guarantees and by misleading people, as evident in Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh. Everyone knows about the Congress and corruption as witnessed during the UPA government. Within four months of the Congress government in Karnataka, Rs 109 crore were found in the house of a contractor. Guarantees were not fulfilled but they started fulfilling their one motive - to make Karnataka an ATM, Chandrasekhar said. We had clearly said before the election that if the Congress is elected, Karnataka will become the ATM of one family and it was proved true, he claimed. The BJP leader said he belongs to Karnataka, where the Congress had given five major ...

Ambition to grow AI, startup innovations as important as AI safety: MoS IT

Artificial intelligence safety is as important for India as its ambition to grow AI ecosystem and startup innovations, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday. Addressing the AI Safety Summit 2023 held in the UK, the minister of state for electronics and IT said it is not a binary choice for India to do AI safety at the expense of growth of digital economy. "India took a slightly different position from most countries there (AI Safety Summit). For us safety is important but safety is an issue accompanied with our goals and ambition to grow AI and make sure the ecosystem for AI, startup innovation is as important a goal for us as the safety of AI is. It is not a binary choice that we want to do safety at the expense of the risk of growth of the digital economy," Chandrasekhar said. The minister attended AI Safety Summit 2023 that was held in Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire in United Kingdom where 28 nations, including the US and China participated. He said It is not enoug

AI should be guided by principles of safety, trust for users: MoS IT

Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said Artificial Intelligence should be guided by principles of safety and trust for users, and accountability for platforms, an official statement said on Thursday. The minister, who is representing India at AI Safety Summit 2023 in the UK, has extended invitations to all nations for the upcoming GPAI and India AI summits scheduled for December 2023. The minister said India, in its capacity as the chair of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI), has taken a leadership stand on AI. "We have maintained that AI should be guided by principles of safety & trust for users, and accountability for platforms," Chandrasekhar said at the summit. He participated in "Ministerial round table: Creating actions and next steps for future collaboration" where he discussed the importance of building a shared understanding of the risks of Frontier AI and future collaboration. The minister participated in a session on

Elon Musk's son has 'Chandrashekar' as middle name, reveals MoS IT

In course of the meeting between the two, Musk said his son with Shivon Zilis has a middle name "Chandrasekhar", who he specifies was inspired by the Nobel physicist Prof S Chandrasekhar's name

Can't let innovation get ahead of regulation: MoS IT at UK AI meet

While talking about the summit, the minister also acknowledged the importance of international collaboration in the technology space

Must avert toxicity of social media for AI to represent goodness: MoS IT

The toxicity and weaponisation represented by social media must be overcome and steps should be taken to ensure artificial intelligence (AI) represents goodness, safety and trust, Union Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday. Addressing the opening plenary session of the AI Safety Summit in Buckinghamshire near London, the minister laid out the government's vision for innovative technology as the driving force of economic growth. The Union Minister of State for Entrepreneurship, Skill Development, Electronics and Technology dubbed AI as the kinetic enabler of the country's already accelerating and expanding digital economy as he called for greater accountability of tech platforms. We have learned in the last 10-15 years as governments that by allowing innovation to get ahead of regulation, we open ourselves to the toxicity, misinformation and weaponisation that we see on the internet today, represented by social media, and we certainly can agree today that .

Rajeev Chandrasekhar to bring India's perspective to UK's AI Safety Summit

Union Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar will bring the Indian perspective on harnessing artificial intelligence for the benefit of citizens at the UK's two-day AI Safety Summit, which opened on Wednesday. Hosted by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, the home of modern computing where celebrated British mathematician Alan Turing's team broke the Enigma code, the summit is bringing together representatives from 27 countries. Besides, businesses, civil society, and AI experts, tech billionaire Elon Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman, will participate in the first global summit of its kind to discuss the global future of AI and its risks. Look forward to discuss ways in which Artificial Intelligence can be harnessed to transform lives of citizens, catalyse the Digital Economy while ensuring safety and trust of Digital Nagriks (sic), Chandrasekhar, who is the Minister of State for Entrepreneurship, Skill Development, Electronics and Technology

Kerala blasts: MoS Chandrasekhar booked for alleged controvesial remarks

A case has been registered against Union Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar for allegedly making statements that promote enmity between different groups, police said on Tuesday. The Kerala police registered the FIR on its own in connection with the minister's recent statements on social media regarding the Kochi blasts and a Hamas leader's virtual address at an event organised by an Islamist group in Malappuram district of the state recently. A senior officer of Kochi city police said that an FIR under sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence) of the IPC and section 120 (o) (causing nuisance and violation of public order) of the Kerala Police Act has been registered against the minister. After reports of the bomb blasts at a religious gathering of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kalamassery near here came out on Sunday, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Chandrasekhar put up posts on social

Kerala under CM Vijayan tolerant towards radical elements: Chandrasekhar

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday alleged that Kerala under Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has shown tolerance towards radical elements and radicalisation. Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Chandrasekhar was hitting back at the CM who a day ago slammed the BJP leader over his social media posts criticising Vijayan over the blasts at a religious gathering in Kalamassery near here. Terming the BJP leader's posts as part of his communal stand, Vijayan, without naming Chandrasekhar, sought to know based on what information the union minister made such remarks against him and how a person holding a responsible position could come out with such statements while the investigation was going on. Vijayan, during a brief press meet held at the Secretariat complex in Thiruvananthapuram, had alleged that the statements by the BJP leader were the reflection of an absolute communal outlook. Responding to the CM's remarks, Chandrasekhar clarified that he did

Bore cost of weak leadership: Chandrasekhar slams Cong on 1962 China war

Chandrasekhar further alleged that it was the weak leadership that caused unforgivable damage to the morale of our armed forces

Indian firms cold to Tower Semiconductor's offer to set up chipmaking JV

In 2022, US chip giant Intel, which had signed a deal to buy out Tower for $5.4 billion, decided to cancel it and paid a $353 million termination fee

Govt to start giving shape to semiconductor research centre from 2024: Min

Ministry of Electronics and IT will start setting up Bharat Semicoductor Research Centre from next year in collaboration with the industry and academia, minister of state Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday. The minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision is that Indians should be involved in the leadership of semicoductor research. "A group of top minds in semicoductor around the world and country have sat together to design the Bharat Semicoductor Research Centre," Chandrasekhar told PTI after the experts' panel submitted its report. He said that the proposed Bharat Semicoductor Research Centre will be a global institution in semicoductor research. "The design, area in which it should focus etc. have all been today authored and put in a high quality report by the experts. I'm hopeful that in the year 2024, we should have the beginning of this institution taking shape," Chandrasekhar said. He said that Bharat Semicoductor Research Centre will become one of the leadin

Corruption embedded in Congress' DNA: Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Further launching scathing attacks on Rahul Gandhi, Rajeev said that the INDIA Alliance should be named INDI Looto Yatra

MeitY to support development of AI chips under national programme

The Ministry also invited industry suggestions on its draft National Strategy on Robotics released last month