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2024 Elections

#FreeAndFair: Late to the Party(s): How ECI dragged its feet in the 2024 General Election

The general elections to elect the 18th Lok Sabha witnessed the spread of communal content as well as deepfakes, cheapfakes, and other forms of edited media with misleading claims. The ECI’s response to this rapidly developing situation has been overwhelmingly delayed and inadequate.

18 June, 2024

7 min read

Tejasi Panjiar &

Shravani Nag Lanka

Deepfakes

Read our Open Letter to Electoral Candidates & Parliamentary Representatives on the Impact of Deepfakes on Electoral Outcomes

With endorsement from civil society organisations and individuals, we wrote to electoral candidates, political parties, and parliamentarians, urging them to publicly declare that they will not use deepfake technologies to create deceptive or misleading synthetic content for the 2024 Elections.

26 February, 2024

3 min read

Disha Verma &

Tejasi Panjiar

Deepfakes

Dealing with deepfakes (MeitY’s Version)

As deepfakes took centre stage in 2023, MeitY decided to tackle the emerging issue head-on. However, what ensued was several conflicting statements from MeitY on how to tackle it. We wrote to them cautioning against surface-level, rushed interventions without deep research and consultation.

12 January, 2024

4 min read

Tejasi Panjiar

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