India targets deepfakes and AI-generated content: key changes under MeitY's amendments
A global law firm's plain summary of India's new labelling obligations.
Open freshfields.com →Three layers to know: India's amended IT Rules now require synthetically generated content to be clearly and prominently labelled, with platforms rolling out 'Made with AI' tags; in the US, the FTC bans AI-generated fake reviews and testimonials and New York now requires disclosure of synthetic performers in ads; and pure AI output gets no copyright protection, only your human-authored contributions do. The practical rules: label realistic synthetic humans, never fake a testimonial, keep records of your creative input, and own your reference assets.
A quick orientation. The real value is below: resources worth your time, from people who've actually done it.
A global law firm's plain summary of India's new labelling obligations.
Open freshfields.com →India's best tech-policy outlet on how the rules land on the platforms you post to.
Open medianama.com →The compliance detail: takedown windows, metadata requirements, safe harbour risk.
Open mondaq.com →Indian IP firm's walkthrough of what counts as synthetically generated information.
Open khuranaandkhurana.com →A second Indian legal read for cross-checking obligations before a campaign.
Open vaishlaw.com →Regional legal-press summary that is easy to share with your team.
Open law.asia →The primary source on the US disclosure law most likely to spread to other states.
Open governor.ny.gov →Top-tier firm analysis of what the synthetic-performer law means for advertisers.
Open debevoise.com →One map covering both regulators and the Meta/TikTok labelling rules you'll hit first.
Open adexchanger.com →Turns the rules into an actionable checklist for a small marketing team.
Open dynamisllp.com →Retail-specific risk framing: claims, likenesses, and IP in commerce ads.
Open hunton.com →The clearest founder-level explanation of why pure AI output isn't yours to copyright.
Open builtin.com →The likeness-rights layer: when your AI actor looks too much like a real person.
Open bloomberglaw.com →Small-business framing of the same risks, without the enterprise legalese.
Open cummings.law →The rule that makes AI-generated testimonials a five-figure-per-violation mistake.
Open ftc.gov →Signals how aggressively the FTC reads AI-washing and synthetic content.
Open ftc.gov →The living index of US AI-advertising guidance, bookmark it.
Open ftc.gov →Law-firm translation of the review rule into what marketers can and cannot do.
Open datamatters.sidley.com →