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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicDeepfake

Topic: deepfake

Will meet social media platforms on deepfake issue, no immunity unless steps taken, says Vaishnaw

IT minister says govt has issued a notice to companies including Meta and Google on deepfakes and the need to take action against them.

Celeb deepfakes just the tip, revenge porn, fraud & threat to polls form underbelly of AI misuse

From porn content & financial frauds, to being used to sabotage polls or providing misleading information to sway voters — Deepfake has potential social, economic & political dangers, say experts.

Delhi police act in Rashmika Mandanna deepfake video case, file FIR, ‘obtain details’ from Meta

The IFSO unit of Delhi Police registered case against unknown persons for creating & circulating deepfake video of actor Rashmika Mandanna, on basis of complaint by DCW.

AI deepfake algorithm can manipulate ‘you’ to say what it wants. Here’s how it works

Many of us already share details of our daily lives on the internet. This means the audio data required to create a realistic copy of a voice could be readily available on social media.

Why the Manoj Tiwari deepfakes should have India deeply worried

Still in nascent stages, deepfakes involve manipulating videos to show someone saying or doing something they never said or did. 

Facebook bans deepfake videos but not doctored images like those of Kejriwal and Pawar

Experts say Facebook’s updated policy won’t have a big impact in India, where the problem is disinformation through morphed images & re-purposed videos.

Facebook is banning ‘deepfakes’ but important questions still remain

Facebook's new approach of removing 'deepfakes' — manipulative media that look authentic — is being tailored to meet conditions that address the platform's concern.

Honey traps, deepfakes, AI: Why India’s RAW needs to prepare for threats beyond terrorism

The RAW is being forced to move faster, but sometimes this comes at the cost of digging deeper.

Sobha Sajju: How technology helped this Kerala mother of 3 beat fake nude video

After two and a half years of ostracism and having had her children taken away from her, today Sobha Sajju stands vindicated.

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Chinese chatter on Delhi-Shanghai flight — ‘normalisation’ needs more than linking the skies

Chinese commentators consistently portray India as the driver of rapprochement. New Delhi’s outreach is framed as a pragmatic, reluctant choice shaped by multiple pressures.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.