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record: TRV-2026-1779
version: 1
kind: certified
reason: Certified into the record
timestamp: 2026-10-18T01:11:02.261207Z
status: published
lens: p_space
sector: policy
headline: Fostering Constitutional Understanding in The Digital Age: Holding The Indian State Accountable for Regulating Public AI Misuse
dek: Artificial intelligence (AI) is now being used frequently by most people in their daily lives, particularly on social media. We need to understand the constitution well to keep the government honest and fair in dealing with new technological changes. The paper fosters constitutional understanding in a sovereign state, which means helping people value, understand, and follow the constitution even as technological changes occur. This paper also examines how people misuse AI on social media and how it challenges th…
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problem_title: Easily available AI tools are being used to make deepfakes that spread hate or harass people, threatening free speech and privacy rights, while the author argues Indian law is too weak to address this.
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problem_reading: Easily available AI tools are being used to make deepfakes that spread hate or harass people, threatening free speech and privacy rights, while the author argues Indian law is too weak to address this.
problem_evidence: AI tools are easily available for everyone to use; this easy access caused a lot of misuse | creating deepfake videos to spread hate or harass others | it clearly shows Indian law is not strong enough to tackle AI issues
quick_read: A peer-reviewed legal paper examines how people in India use widely available AI tools on social media to create deepfake videos. It cites deepfakes made during the 2024 election and a fake video of the Indian celebrity Rashmika Mandanna as examples of this misuse.

The author argues that such misuse affects fundamental rights under Articles 19(1)(a) and 21 of the Indian constitution, and that the government is not held accountable for regulating it. The paper proposes a new constitution-based provision, but the excerpt does not show whether it would work or be adopted.
limitation: The supplied text offers only the author's argument and examples; it gives no empirical measurement of misuse or enforcement, and the proposed provision is a suggestion whose effect is untested.
tag: Evidence-backed problem
key_points: The paper links AI misuse on social media to threats against free speech and privacy rights under the Indian constitution. | It cites India's more than 850 million internet users and high social media usage as context for the scale of exposure. | Named examples are deepfake videos from the 2024 election and a fake video of Rashmika Mandanna. | The author says few studies address government responsibility for regulating public AI misuse, and treats this as the research gap. | The study analyzes the Information Technology Act, 2000, alongside real cases, and aims to propose a new constitutional provision.
rundown: The paper starts from the premise that AI is now part of daily life for most people, especially on social media, and that constitutional understanding is needed to keep the state fair and honest as technology changes.

It describes deepfakes used to spread hate or harass others and says that creators of AI videos going unpunished shows Indian law is not strong enough. This is the author's assessment rather than a measured legal finding in the excerpt.

The stated objective is to suggest a new provision based on the constitution that would make the government more liable for regulating AI misuse. The work focuses on Indian statutes, mainly the Information Technology Act, 2000, plus examples from the 2024 election.
sources:
- peer_reviewed | Journal of Law and Legal Research Development | https://doi.org/10.69662/jllrd.vi.90 | 2026-10-13
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