Kanishk Gaur is a renowned Digital, Cyber Security, and Public Policy Expert.
Dr Kanishk Gaur, Founder of India Future Foundation, stated that current IT laws and intermediary guidelines fail to combat AI-driven deception, election interference, and digital harms, arguing that blank apologies are meaningless without legal accountability.
Dr Kanishk Gaur, Founder of India Future Foundation, said Meta’s admission of taking money to boost content raises questions over its status as an intermediary, arguing that platforms acting like “global governments” need stricter compliance checks and penalties, similar to regulations enforced in the European Union.
Dr Kanishk Gaur, Founder of India Future Foundation, emphasized that the deletion of the Prime Minister’s video and the propagation of CSAM and deepfakes are distinct operational failures that reveal broader gaps in platform safeguards.
Dr Kanishk Gaur, CEO of Athenian Tech, explained that social media trends and protests were often driven by fake AI bots and algorithms designed to keep users hooked for advertisers, rather than showing the truth. He warned that these hidden tricks could harm society, calling for strict new laws to control AI and urging schools to teach digital safety so students could spot fake and harmful content.
Dr Kanishk Gaur, Founder of India Future Foundation, said efforts to curb CSAM cannot target a single platform in isolation, calling for a broader regulatory framework that holds multiple platforms accountable under Indian law.
Dr Kanishk Gaur, CEO of Athenian Tech, said cybercriminals exploit paid ad placements to bypass platform safeguards, calling for upgraded AI moderation and greater industry cooperation, while stressing that child safety failures reflect a broader tech ecosystem issue requiring comprehensive cross-platform laws.
Dr Kanishk Gaur, Founder of India Future Foundation, said cybercriminals exploit paid ad placements to bypass platform safeguards, calling for upgraded AI moderation and greater industry cooperation, while stressing that child safety failures reflect a broader tech ecosystem issue requiring comprehensive cross-platform laws.
Dr Kanishk Gaur, Founder of India Future Foundation, said WhatsApp’s new username feature reflects Meta’s push to unify its platforms and pressure to monetize the app, warning that strict DPDP enforcement is needed to stop businesses from exploiting private user data.
Dr Kanishk Gaur, CEO of Athenian Tech, said WhatsApp’s username move eases contact-sharing but risks widening impersonation fraud in India, urging DPDP-backed safeguards like origin metadata and stricter government oversight to balance privacy with monetization pressures on Meta.
Dr Kanishk Gaur, CEO of Athenian Tech, said WhatsApp’s new username feature risks enabling impersonation and is no “mother pill” for cybercrime, calling instead for rigorous identity verification through government ID and facial biometric matching.
Dr Kanishk Gaur, CEO of Athenian Tech, revealed that international scam networks in Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar use deepfake-driven “digital arrest” scams and bank-complicit mule accounts to launder funds, describing the operations as part of an economic warfare strategy targeting India.
Dr Kanishk Gaur, CEO of Athenian Tech, revealed that high-quality deepfake videos and voice clones can now be generated for as little as ₹200-500 using just 30 seconds of audio, powering large-scale “pig butchering” scams run by international syndicates.
Athenian Tech CEO Dr Kanishk Gaur has issued a stark warning over AI-driven cyber fraud, highlighting how criminals exploit ₹500 voice cloning and face swapping tools to impersonate relatives and drain bank accounts. Beyond identity manipulation, Dr Gaur flagged silent technical threats such as clone apps and remote device hijacking, engineered to covertly intercept passwords and OTPs.
Dr Kanishk Gaur, CEO of Athenian Tech, discusses how China-sponsored influence campaigns leverage AI-enabled bot networks and fake social media accounts to malign the Indian community in Singapore, deliberately exploiting ethnic divisions to damage their social and economic standing. He shows how state-supported information warfare targets Indians globally.
Kanishk Gaur, Founder of India Future Foundation warns that pig butchering crypto scams use fake identities and AI-generated personas to lure victims into fraudulent investment schemes, targeting even digitally aware individuals.
Kanishk Gaur, CEO of Athenian Tech, highlights the need for having climate-resilient infrastructure as India’s data centr industry grows rapidly, warning that the rising temperatures, energy demand, and water scarcity could strain both digital and environmental resources.
Kanishk Gaur, CEO of Athenian Tech, highlights that the rise of GPT-5.5, Claude, and other autonomous AI models marks AI’s shift into critical digital infrastructure. He warns that overreliance on foreign AI systems could impact India’s economy, jobs, and national security, stressing on the need for a strong domestic AI ecosystem.
India’s DPDP Act is less a replica of the EU’s GDPR and more a growth-first framework built for a nation of 1.4 billion people still finding its footing on privacy.