• The Indian Union Government has amended the Information Technology Act, 2021, mandating prominent labeling for photorealistic AI-generated content and drastically reducing takedown timelines for illegal material to 2-3 hours, effective February 20.
• Under the new rules, social media platforms must remove content deemed illegal by a court or government within 3 hours, and sensitive content like non-consensual deepfakes must be taken down within 2 hours, a significant acceleration from the previous 24-36 hour window.