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LEGAL ISSUES SURROUNDING DEEP FAKE TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS

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This article is written by Mayank Kumar of 8th Semester of BA.LL.B of University Law College, Hazaribagh, an intern under Legal Vidhiya

ABSTRACT

As deep fake become dangerous for all the famous celebrities through any video or image get changed and anyone face get replaced in it. It includes fake videos or images usually target to those who are famous whereby the accuracy of it so clear that it hard to decide either its fake or real. as the emerging time of the Internet Era. We giving Time more on Social Media which increasing the risk of hack or access to misuse. As deep fake violating the rights of citizens by breaching of privacy and also for famous celebrities which aims to degrade the persons life.

With the concept of Deepfakes it creating a Negative impact all across Globe as this is not a problem for any particular country but everywhere. Through the proper implications all over Country there should be several policy and programs should be made in order to reduce the crime of deep fake in Emerging Era at the international Level with the help of UN.

No Doubt it might be useful for modern Generation in the field of Education and Entertainment but sadly to say use of is more getting misused instead of proper use. So, it’s in us How we are using and what we doing over it.

As, it’s Human Nature People attract Negativity easily rather than positivity.

This Leads to live to life dangerous as living life without privacy rights & Dignity it breaching the Right of Article 21[1] of Constitution of India. Deep Fake violating the rights of Privacy of all celebrities and all individuals.

KEYWORDS

Deepfakes, Fake Insights, Directions, Morals, Detection, Consent, Artificial Intelligence, Morality, Defaming, Breach of Privacy.

INTRODUCTION

Deepfake Technology is like a Machinery process, whereby with the help of Artificial Intelligence, it change the persons identify fully replacement of Person into another frames or like in another Pic,Video with an intention to Defame or threat with the people.

In recent years, deepfakes technology has captivated and alarmed each specialists and the general public. Deepfakes are incredibly sensible manipulated films or photos that employ sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) and deep gaining knowledge of algorithms. The word “Deepfake” itself emphasize that’s it’s not true as They’ve gained attention for his or her amusement fee, however additionally they deliver upward thrust to full-size ethical and safety issues.
Deepfakes make use of advanced synthetic intelligence strategies, in particular deep learning algorithms, to investigate and synthesize visual and audio content. This increases ethical worries related to privacy, consider, and the integrity of information. The capability to manipulate and fabricate media content with such precision and realism poses threats, including the spread of misinformation, defamation, and fraud.

Every coin has two Sides but the Deepfake Technology come into the light for their Negativity approach through these Days so many recent Viral videos or image which shows how deepfake affecting the life of High class people by showing which is not real.

It’s won’t be bad to say platforms like Facebook,Youtube,Instagram & other popular apps helps getting them reach but being a responsible citizen, we must know we should not share any Wrong information or to sharing of Videos or as everyone have their right to live in a society peacefully.

In the concept of Deepfake Under the Deepfake Technology – Apps like which used to making these changes take place after onwards with the help of Social Media it’s help in getting Viral of that particular image or Video. Under the Concept of Deepfake Technology we shall be discussing on the emerging of Deepfake, types of crime under Deepfake, how AI play crucial role in Deepfake,recents cases of Viral with the help of Illustrations, and what are the Punishment of committing Deepfake under the Information Technology Act,200 (deals with the Cybercrimes)

EMERGING ERA OF DEEPFAKE & WHERE IT’S STARTED FIRST

Deepfake emerges firstly by creating videos of president later on it  started getting viral throughout the social media through the applications which made by under it. The advancement of deep fakes started in 2017, when a computer program designer on the Reddit online stage started posting manifestations in which he swapped the faces of Hollywood celebrities onto the faces of grown-up film specialists, whereas in 2018, the comedic Jordan Peele posted a deep fake video of previous US.President Obama insulting previous US President Trump and cautioning against threats of deep-fake media. With the viral utilization of deep fakes by 2019, the US. The House Insights Committee started hearings or potential dangers to US security postured by Deepfakes. Tragically, Deepfakes have gotten to be indeed more modern and  deficient.  difficulty identify.[2]

With a simple openness to the applications of Deepfakes, its utilization has expanded radically over the last five a long time. Profound are presently planned to irritate, threaten, debase, and undermine individuals and frequently lead to the creation and spread of deception as well as making disarray approximately vital state and non-state issues. A deep fake may, moreover, breach IP rights e unlawfully abusing a particular line, trademark, or name. Besides, deep fakes may cause more extreme issues such as violation of human rights, right to security, and individual information assurance rights separated from copyright encroachments. Whereas fair governments have affirmed Al controls, the lion’s share has not been due to concerns around the flexibility of discourse. And whereas online stages such as YouTube have actualized a number of legitimate instruments to control the substance posted on their platform it remains a time-expensive and exorbitant issue. A major challenge is that profound fakes regularly stay undetectable by the unaided human eye, which leads to advancement by government and private stage to create profound fake identifying advances and regulations around their utilization. This paper looks for to examine the legitimate and moral suggestions and obligations of the utilize of the innovations as well as to highlight the different social and lawful challenges which both controllers and the society confront whereas  the potential part of online substance dispersal stages and governments in tending to profound fakes.

ANALYSIS ON DEEP FAKE

Types of Crime under the Deepfakes

1. Changing of face in another pic or in any Video or Image with an intention to hurt, or Harass.

2. Using Voice of any person into another person with Lip Syncing.

3. With the help of Apps or AI, replacing persons identity

4. Pornography, Nudity, indulging or putting face in Porns

5. Likewise Swap Faces, lip syncing, puppet technique

Under Deepfake Technology, Rights Violated of an Individual:

DEEPFAKE MOTIVE

No doubt, using of the Deepfakes technology could have several advantages in society bit it usually triggers the Actors and Actress Or who are famous as many benefits, Then ask. It focuses mostly among youth due to misleading and Harassing the people. As these are committing without the consent of the person without the permissible of the particular person.

Under The Deepfake Technology to who they Actually target:

There have been pornographic videos that have been produced without the consent of the women and depict them in a false manner.

This also asserts the existence of gender discrimination pertaining to the utilization of the technology, These leads to harmful affect on Women which results demonstrate a gender disproportionality. Those who are most vulnerable to Deepfakes are the individual. Individuals who have been the victims of fraud, blackmail, disinformation, and non-consensual pornography. Individuals who have been the victims of disinformation propagation. This includes the general public, businesses, and most importantly, public figures (politicians) It also includes celebrities.

Deepfakes have become harder to spot than they were in the past.

This can make people distrust traditional and new media (Boucher, 2021) Also, there are many other things. The current technology, society, and law may make the risks associated with the technology worse. The widespread use of social media and private messaging applications allows users to quickly share information. Changing content without being watched closely. Deepfakes seem to match societal norms.

The idea of mistrust and polarisation is growing, and the legal status of Deepfakes is still changing depending on the country.

It is complicated by potentially malicious users who may evade and thwart detection.

In a social media/app context, consent can be obtained by doing something positive to indicate consent, such as ticking a box. There is no way to confirm aggregated consent and it is determined by user actions. Through the terms of use, consent can be obtained by continuing to use an application. The lack of clarity in the definition of consent, and the use of deep-rooted information for defamation, defamation and other malicious purposes, including real-time spoofing present opportunities for new privacy violations – all without anonymity can create deep leaks. unfold – it is very hard to identify the creators and keep them accountable – growing a great hurricane for the use of generation

EFFECT OF AI (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) OVER DEEP FAKE

Using AI generation in movies, T.V, and different arts had been bubbling for a while. Concerns were raised that the phrases of use in appearing contracts may be used to achieve consent for an AI-generated image of an actor, superimposing their likenesses for years with out paying for their use. Further, if studios can use era to copy actors and artists, it’s going to decrease opportunities for stay actors and artists, crippling that change. A latest issue of Netflix’s “Black mirror” should monitor the difficulty is not thus far off, as it depicts an AI-generated likeness of Salma Hayek, in addition to the real-life character she performs, Joan, signing their likeness rights away. The actors strike ended in December 2023 with a deal requiring groups to obtain consent before making virtual replicas of actors. The consent further requires corporations reveal what the reproduction may be used for, and actors should be compensated for use in their digital replicas.[3]

Defamation and fake light laws defend an individual from being defamed or offered in a false mild, are broadly speaking inapplicable, or offer little recourse given there’s a high burden proof, focusing on false statements rather than false images and videos. Cybercrime and harassment Laws against cybercrimes may cover some aspects of deep fake creation and distribution, especially if they involve hacking or unauthorized access to personal data. Criminal laws also are inadequate as they do not explicitly cover the advent or distribution of Deepfakes, aside from to the extent they could fall under the conventional classes.

ILLUSTRATION

In the recent times there are several videos or images which went viral in the social media platforms whereby the couples or the many videos nudity spreads which negatively impact all the societies by as it creating nudity and making the persons dignity totally downgrade. As the deep Fake who make they never care what there reputation will be in the society. In some cases, the person committed  Suicide due to fake video been made with an intention to demand for huge money and in Case of Land acquisition also.

PUNISHMENT

If we talk about the sections, is made who are violating the rules and misleading and using the deep fake with intense to harm Individual dignity in the society and  their life to live in peacefully as it is breaching of the privacy of Individual Which been done through the social media sites or in the social platforms.

Under the Information Technology Act, 2000

Under the section 66 D whereby defines if anyone committing malicious activity through the computer resources which cause cheating then under  it could fine of 3 years of imprisonment or fine of 1,00,000.

Under the section 66 E which basically deals that if anyone violating the privacy by capturing or posting the nudity in the social media platform by replacing the image of anyone in the new duties and shows in the social media and post it through the applications of defect or AI then it could fine up to 3 years of imprisonment or 2 lakh fine[4]

CONCLUSION

No doubt with the implication of AI it helped students in all prospective either it is about education YouTube studies entertainment purpose or any kind of field aid provides every source in their students kids elder parents or every age of people. Basically it helps to the human with efficiency with laser time and to save the time for individual but has every coin has 2 sides through the deep field or emerging of the apes which mislead and creating a video or image which are fake but they are usually deemed to show that those videos are true and they make degrade harass the person through which it put negative impact on all over the society one of the most region is social media what we see we start believing that it might be true what we are observing what we are seeing but we must know  to stop it because we are the one who making them final either it is about sexually things which get changed video through the help of a I applications which must prepared as the statement gun kills a person but I degrade the person we must know what to say in the social media data rather than just believing on the viral videos recent times we have witnessed a lot of viral videos through which  published in the various websites which mislead to negative impact visit of air to use the social media handles properly as it is not the issues of India only it is the problem of all over globe which must be think in order to save the world from getting effect totally by the deep fake of AI.

REFERENCES


[1] Indian Const- Art:21

[2] Subarna Dutta “Computer ethical controversies: Deep Fake and Right to internet privacy” (April 10th 2024) https://blog.ipleaders.in/computer-ethical-controversies-deep-fakes-and-right-to-internet-privacy/#:~:text=While%20there%20are%20no%20laws,1860%2C%20ensures%20punishment%20for%20defamation. (Last visited on 21st Aug,2024)

[3] Kinza Yasar, Nick Barney & Ivy wigmore “ What is generative AI? Everything you need to know” https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/deepfake (last visited on 21st Aug,2024  5:56PM)

[4] Information Technology Act,2000

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