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title: "India urges political parties to avoid using deepfakes in election campaigns"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/india-urges-political-parties-to-avoid-using-deepfakes-in-election-campaigns-trdtokf94
source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/07/india-elections-deepfakes/
type: article
source: "TechCrunch"
published: 2024-05-07T07:41:08.054Z
updated: 2024-05-09T07:55:57.971Z
tags: ["social-media"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# India urges political parties to avoid using deepfakes in election campaigns

**[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

India's Election Commission urges political parties to avoid using deepfakes and misinformation in social media posts during the general elections. Parties are required to remove deepfake content within three hours and identify the creators.

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