Deepfake

Messaging app was restored the same day after it removed the content and banned the user who posted it.

Company removes feature a day after launch as users create fabricated scenes over real satellite imagery.

From privacy rules to AI funding, the year marked a shift from ambition to enforcement.

AI scaled fast in 2025 but not in the ways regulators or institutions expected, with failures across chatbots, newsrooms, courts, policing and deepfake-driven fraud.

The information technology minister told Parliament that fake news and AI-generated deepfakes are a “serious threat” and said draft rules will mandate faster takedowns and clear labelling of synthetic media.

The government’s draft rules promise transparency and traceability, but leave significant gaps in scope, enforcement, and feasibility.