Rashmika Mandanna's Deepfake Video Row: Delhi Police Interrogates Bihar Youth In Case
As Rashmika Mandanna deepfake continues to get interrogated, Delhi Police has now questioned a youth from Bihar in the case.
Rashmika Mandanna¡¯s deepfake case took the world by storm and raised questions about the hazardous effect of AI on people¡¯s public image. Several people have flocked to the internet making Delhi Police file a case against the culprits. The investigation has started and there are some new developments in the same.
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Delhi Police questions a youth from Bihar in connection with the deepfake case.
Officials suspect that the 19-year-old youth was responsible for initially uploading the video online and then sharing it widely on other platforms. A senior officer told PTI that a notice was sent to the boy to join the probe and ¡°Though he said that he had downloaded the video from an Instagram account, we are interrogating him.¡±
? There is an urgent need for a legal and regulatory framework to deal with deepfake in India.
¡ª Abhishek (@AbhishekSay) November 5, 2023
You might have seen this viral video of actress Rashmika Mandanna on Instagram. But wait, this is a deepfake video of Zara Patel.
This thread contains the actual video. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/SidP1Xa4sT
No arrest has been made so far in the Rashmika Mandanna case
It is reported that on November 10, an FIR was registered under sections 465 (punishment for forgery) and 469 (forgery for the purpose of harming reputation) of the Indian Penal Code and sections 66C and 66E of the Information Technology Act at the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) Unit of the Delhi Police's Special Cell.
From a deepfake POV, the viral video is perfect enough for ordinary social media users to fall for it. But if you watch the video carefully, you can see at (0:01) that when Rashmika (deepfake) was entering the lift, suddenly her face changes from the other girl to Rashmika. (3/3)
¡ª Abhishek (@AbhishekSay) November 5, 2023
Following the FIR registration, the young individual who hails from Bihar was summoned by the IFSO Unit to present himself along with his mobile phone, allegedly used for the video uploading. Concurrently, the IFSO Unit reached out to Meta and sought the URL and additional information to identify the culprit.
An officer told PTI, "We have written to Meta to access the URL ID of the account from which the video was generated.¡±
I feel really hurt to share this and have to talk about the deepfake video of me being spread online.
¡ª Rashmika Mandanna (@iamRashmika) November 6, 2023
Something like this is honestly, extremely scary not only for me, but also for each one of us who today is vulnerable to so much harm because of how technology is being misused.¡
Government advisory against deepfake circulation
A notice by PIB India states that all social media intermediaries must ¡°ensure that due diligence is exercised and reasonable efforts are made to identify misinformation and deepfakes, and in particular, information that violates the provisions of rules and regulations and/or user agreements.¡±
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"Such cases are expeditiously actioned against, well within the timeframes stipulated under the IT Rules 2021, and users are caused not to host such information/content/Deep Fakes and remove any such content when reported within 36 hours of such reporting and ensure expeditious action, well within the timeframes stipulated under the IT Rules 2021, and disable access to the content/information.¡±
Unfortunately, after Rashmika¡¯s deepfake, actress Katrina Kaif¡¯s morphed images were also circulated. This was followed by rumoured couple Sara Tendulkar and Shubman Gill¡¯s mushy edited pics going viral.
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Aditya Sagar is an Entertainment Journalist at Indiatimes who holds a true-blue Bollywood heart and has his ears tuned to the whispers of Tinseltown. From Dharma to Drama, he is your trusted guide to the glitz, glamour and gossip that make headlines. He can be reached out @theadityasagar across all social media platforms.
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