Deepfake Regulation India 2025: MeitY’s Comprehensive IT Rules Amendment

Introduction India faces an escalating deepfake crisis. Malicious individuals have established illicit websites to misuse AI-altered voice technology for financial fraud and public figure impersonation. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology acted decisively on October 22, 2025 and announced amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. [i] These amendments mark India’s initial explicit statutory framework...