"Threat To Democracy": MP Demands Regulator For Social Media Platforms To Check Deepfakes

Women are soft targets of deepfakes, BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi said in Rajya Sabha.

A SEBI-like regulatory body is needed for social media platforms to curb growing deepfakes and synthetic videos, BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi demanded in Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

Raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention, he said deepfake videos and synthetic videos are threatening democracy in the country.

"There is a lot of disinformation... People don't have tools to verify," he said, adding women are soft targets of deepfakes.