India Plans Comprehensive Policy to Address Deepfake Abuse and Child Sexual Abuse Material

The Indian government informed the Supreme Court on October 28, 2026, that it is developing a comprehensive policy framework to address circulation of child sexual abuse material and non-consensual intimate imagery including AI-generated deepfakes, with discussions at an advanced stage between the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the court that proposed amendments to the Information Technology Rules are expected to impose stricter obligations on online intermediaries including Meta, Google, X and Telegram, including mandatory content-detection systems and improved mechanisms for responding to illegal material, with petitioners seeking hash-matching systems to identify and block repeated uploads.

Mandatory content-detection systems imposed on platforms will scan uploaded files and stored content, but this reactive architecture cannot address real-time solicitation, coercion and distribution occurring in direct-message conversations before material is uploaded to a server or reported. Guardii's approach detects harm as it unfolds in the conversation: when a predator solicits sexually explicit images from a child, escalates pressure, or shares synthetic abuse material through Instagram, Snapchat, Discord or other messaging channels, the system identifies the threatening behavioural pattern in real time without requiring content to be uploaded, stored or hash-matched, blocking the exchange and alerting the appropriate responder while the child is still at the point of contact.