Opinion: Tech Platforms That Farm Rage With AI Fakes Cannot Claim Neutrality
This opinion piece argues that tech platforms cannot claim neutrality when AI-generated misinformation spreads rapidly and causes real-world harm. It calls for a national conversation on regulating synthetic content to prevent it from destabilizing India's diverse social fabric.
Why it matters
Addresses the critical intersection of generative AI, platform accountability, and national security in a digital age.
In the space of a few days, a senior minister appeared to say something inflammatory he never said. A prime minister appeared to make comments he never made. A protest leader appeared to call off a movement he never called off. All three videos were fake. All three were generated by AI, and all three spread on social media before anyone could stop them. That is the real story of the recent Gen Z-led protests: not just what people were angry about, but how easily that anger could be weaponised and set loose at scale.AI misinformation is a live governance problem, and India needs a serious national conversation on regulating such synthetic content.
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