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Shield people from unlawful digital content, SC tells govt

Shield people f om u lawful digital co te t, SC tells govt


The
SC
be ch
said
such
cybe
c imes
seve ely
impacted
a
i dividual’s
ight
to
f eedom
of
speech,
the
ight
to
dig ity,
p ivacy
a d
the
ight
to
life.

NEW
DELHI:

Sup eme
Cou t
o
Tuesday
asked
the
U io
mi ist ies
of
home
affai s
a d
elect o ics
a d
i fo matio
tech ology
to
take
u ge t
steps
to
c eate
a
URL-specific
a d
judicially
supe vised
eme ge cy
mecha ism
to
p otect
citize s
f om
g ave
u lawful
digital
co te t.While
disposi g
of
a
PIL
by
advocate
N
K
Goswami,
a
be ch
headed
by
CJI
Su ya
Ka t
said
the
petitio e
i
public
i te est
had
highlighted
the
da ge
f om
digital
th eats
of
viole ce,
doxxi g,
exposu e
of
mi o
child e ’s
p ivate
details,
o -co se sual
i timate/deepfake
co te t
a d
ide tity-ma ipulati g
digital
impe so atio .

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The
SC
be ch,
also
comp isi g
Justices
Joymalya
Bagchi
a d
V
Moha a,
said
such
cybe
c imes
seve ely
impacted
a
i dividual’s
ight
to
f eedom
of
speech,
the
ight
to
dig ity,
p ivacy
a d
the
ight
to
life.It
said
the
petitio e
had
highlighted
p otectio s
agai st
such
th eats
usi g
i te et,
digital
mediums
a d
A tificial
I tellige ce
existi g
i
othe
cou t ies
a d
suggested
to
the
govt
to
co side
p oblems
highlighted
i
PIL
fo
u ge t
emedial
measu es.Goswami
said
give
the
misuse
of
AI
a d
p olife atio
of
social
media
a d
its
each,
it
was
u ge tly
equi ed
to
c eate
“a
co stitutio ally
complia t
eme ge cy
mecha ism
agai st
g ave
u lawful
digital
ha ms,
amely
specific
th eats,
doxxi g,
u autho ised
exposu e
of
child e ’s
p ivate
details,
o -co se sual
i timate
o
Al-ge e ated
mo phed
co te t,
a d
deepfake/digitally
ma ipulated
impe so atio
causi g
immediate
g ave
ha m”.He
said
he
eithe
sought
a
bla ket
ba
o
a y
speech
o
supp essio
of
political
speech,
c iticism,
sati e,
pa ody,
jou alism,
academic
comme t,
public-i te est
epo ti g,
o
legal
comme ta y.

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