The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Union government to consider a petition seeking a time-bound emergency mechanism against online threats of rape, murder or physical violence, non-consensual intimate or AI-generated material and harmful deepfake impersonation. The court asked the Ministries of Home, Law, Information and Technology, National Commissions for Women and Protection of Child Rights to examine the plea to frame a mechanism for emergency response to online threats,doxxing, child exposure and deepfake impersonation. “What is the value of a legal remedy if it arrives only after the damage has become irreversible?” “delay in remedy”“The delay in remedy may itself become denial of remedy,” Goswami said. The petition said that though criminal prosecution could punish the wrongdoer, it did not ensure immediate URL-specific disabling of the harmful material or preservation of digital evidence before viral dissemination.