Authorities should look into legislating deepfakes, AI-enabled child abuse: Justice Nagarathna

Supreme Court judge Justice B V Nagarathna on Sunday stressed that the need of the hour is for the competent authorities to look into legislating deepfakes and artificial intelligence-enabled child abuse.

Justice Nagarathna was speaking at the closing session of the national annual stakeholders consultation on ‘Safeguarding the Girl Child: Towards a Safer and More Enabling Environment for Her in India’ organised by the Juvenile Justice Committee of the Supreme Court in association with UNICEF India.

She said during the two-day consultation, discussions…