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Deepfakes: Govt May temporarily block platform, apps that violet norms repeatedly . Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) warned social media platforms on November 24, that repeated violations of the country's regulations, specifically in relation to deepfakes and other prohibited content, may lead to temporary ban of the platform in India, multiple sources told Moneycontrol. These are one of the few crucial points that came up during the meeting MeitY held with social media platforms on November 24. The meeting that was chaired by Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar, included representatives of Meta, Google, Snap, Sharechat, Telegram, Reliance Jio, Koo, Samsung and Apple and others. "For platforms that violate repeatedly, the possible consequence could also include, the rarely used, but possible option of blocking the platform temporarily on the Indian internet," a senior ministry official said. Two other sources confirmed the same. The government...