Registrations for MediaNama’s panel discussion “Regulating for Deepfakes in India” close at 5:00 PM today. The discussion will unpack India’s draft amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, which proposes a legal framework for synthetically generated information, commonly known as deepfakes.

The amendment introduces obligations for platforms, creators, and AI companies including mandatory labelling, watermarking, metadata embedding, and user verification for synthetic content. It also expands due diligence responsibilities for intermediaries that host or facilitate AI-generated media.

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 Date: November 5, 2025
Time: 12:30 PM – 5:15 PM
Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Agenda

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Lunch and Networking
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Impact of the Regulation on Businesses and Technical Challenges for Implementation
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM | Legal Validity of the Amendment and Its Impact on Social Media
4:30 PM – 5:15 PM | Feasibility of Deepfake Detection and Its Impact on Free Speech

The event will bring together experts from business, law, and technology to explore:

  • What the new deepfake rules mean for AI innovation, safe harbour, and platform liability
  • How watermarking and metadata verification could affect creators and small startups
  • Whether these regulations risk over-enforcement or impact free expression online
  • The feasibility of detecting and labelling deepfakes at scale

Speakers

Panel 1: Impact of the Regulation on Businesses and Technical Challenges for Implementation

  • Sidharth Puri, Founder & CEO, Tyroo
  • Abhishek Nevatia, Co-founder, Zoop
  • Poushali Dutta, Co-founder, OttrCall
  • Sanket Shah, CEO, invideo

Panel 2: Legal Validity of the Amendment and Its Impact on Social Media

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  • Dhruv Garg, Lawyer and Tech Policy Advisor, Internet Governance and Policy Project
  • Rakesh Maheshwari, Former Sr. Director & Group Coordinator (Cyber Laws and Data Governance), MeitY
  • Akshat Agrawal, Founder & Counsel, AASA Chambers
  • Uthara Ganesh, Head of Public Policy (India and South Asia), Snap
  • Tamoghna Goswami, Director of Policy, ShareChat

Panel 3: Feasibility of Deepfake Detection and Its Impact on Free Speech

  • Apar Gupta, Co-founder, Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF)
  • Rajneil Kamath, Founder, Newschecker.in
  • Piyush Verma, Co-founder & CEO, Neural Defend

Note: Registration does not guarantee attendance. If you fit our mandate for the intended audience, you’ll receive a confirmation before the event. Your contact information will never be shared with anyone outside of MediaNama.

This discussion is supported by Meta and Amazon, with community partners Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF), Centre for Communication Governance (CCG), NLU Delhi, and Broadband India Forum (BIF).

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Last Update: November 4, 2025