On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared his excitement at an animated video of himself dancing at a concert. Modi was responding to a social media user known for doing hilarious photo and video alterations. In the video, which is based on the viral concert meme template, Prime Minister Modi's animated character can be seen dancing onstage.
¡°Posting this video cuz I know that 'THE DICTATOR' is not going to get me arrested for this,¡± X user @Atheist_Krishna wrote on the micro-blogging platform.
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Prime Minister Modi replied,¡°Like all of you, I also enjoyed seeing myself dance. ???¡±¡°Such creativity in peak poll season is truly a delight! #PollHumour¡± he added.
Modi's remark came amid a growing uproar over deepfakes and doctored videos of politicians and celebrities during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.?
Deepfake films of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, and actors Aamir Khan and Ranveer Singh that were put on various social media handles were recently removed, and criminal charges were made.?
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"Whenever such deepfake audios/videos come to the notice of political parties, they shall immediately take down the post but maximum within a period of three hours and also identify and warn the responsible person within the party," the poll body said.?
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