New Delhi: The All India Bar Association (AIBA) on Saturday, March 2, sought stringent penal action against Google for allegedly spreading false information about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In a representation, Adish C Aggarwala, Senior Advocate and Chairman of AIBA claimed Gemini, the Artificial Intelligence platform of Google put “highly condemnable false information” in the public domain about the Prime Minister.
So, the company committed offences under Indian Penal Code sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on the grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc), 500 (defamation), and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief), it said.
“The company being the creator of the machine cannot be allowed to escape the consequences of the damage caused. The manner in which a machine is to learn facts and interpret them is designed by its programmer,” the letter said.
It alleged that the country is on the verge of a general election and “malicious campaigns to smear the image of any leader” should be stopped in their tracks.
“The Prime Minister of India has strived to get India its due place under the sun. But there are people who are not enthused by the rise of the country to prominence and may want to stain its honour by spewing spite. Such acts must be shot down,” the representation said.
“It is therefore urged that the penal laws should be invoked and action may be taken against those guilty of the aforesaid motivated crimes,” it said.
Aggarwala said the lawyers’ body has also written to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for invoking penal provisions against Google.
