Delhi High Court Orders Removal of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos of Journalist Rajat Sharma

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The Delhi High Court directed Google to remove two YouTube channels hosting AI-generated deepfake videos impersonating journalist Rajat Sharma. The court found these videos violated Sharma's personality rights and spread misinformation, ordering swift removal and disclosure of channel details to Sharma. The incident highlights harm caused by AI-generated content.[AI generated]

Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?

The event involves AI systems explicitly through the creation of deepfake videos, which are AI-generated manipulated content impersonating a real person. The harm includes misinformation and violation of personality rights, which are recognized as violations of human rights and harm to communities. The court's order to remove the content confirms that harm has occurred and is ongoing. Hence, the event meets the criteria for an AI Incident as the AI system's use has directly led to harm.[AI generated]
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AccountabilityRespect of human rightsSafetyTransparency & explainabilityDemocracy & human autonomy
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Media, social platforms, and marketing
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OtherGeneral public
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Delhi High Court tells Google to take down deepfake videos of Rajat Sharma

2025-11-07
The Hindu
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The event involves AI systems explicitly through the creation of deepfake videos, which are AI-generated manipulated content impersonating a real person. The harm includes misinformation and violation of personality rights, which are recognized as violations of human rights and harm to communities. The court's order to remove the content confirms that harm has occurred and is ongoing. Hence, the event meets the criteria for an AI Incident as the AI system's use has directly led to harm.
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Delhi HC directs removal of Rajat Sharma's deepfake videos on YouTube in 36 hours: Key highlights of the order

2025-11-08
India TV News
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
Deepfake videos are created using AI systems that manipulate original video content to produce misleading or false representations. The circulation of such videos has caused harm by spreading misinformation and violating personality rights, which are recognized harms under the AI Incident definition. The court's intervention to remove these videos confirms that the harm is realized and linked to the AI system's misuse. Therefore, this event qualifies as an AI Incident.
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Delhi High Court Orders Google to Remove YouTube Channels Hosting Deepfake Videos of Rajat Sharma | Outlook India

2025-11-07
https://www.outlookindia.com/
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
Deepfake videos are created using AI systems that generate realistic but false representations of individuals. The presence of such videos on YouTube channels and the court's intervention to remove them due to their misleading nature and impersonation of a journalist directly relates to harm caused by AI-generated content. This fits the definition of an AI Incident as the AI system's use has directly led to harm in terms of rights violations and misinformation.
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Take down YouTube channels hosting deepfake videos of Rajat Sharma: Delhi HC to Google

2025-11-07
NewsDrum
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The event explicitly involves AI-generated deepfake videos, which are a product of AI systems. The harm includes violation of personality rights (a form of human rights violation) and the spreading of misinformation, which harms communities. The court's order to remove the content and channels indicates that harm has already occurred. Therefore, this qualifies as an AI Incident because the AI system's use (creation of deepfake videos) has directly led to harm (violation of rights and misinformation).
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Take Down YouTube Channels Hosting Deepfake Videos Of Rajat Sharma: Delhi HC To Google

2025-11-07
ETV Bharat News
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The deepfake videos are explicitly described as AI-generated and are causing harm by spreading misinformation and violating the journalist's personality rights, which falls under violations of human rights and harm to communities. The court's intervention to remove the content and disclose channel data confirms the harm is realized and linked to the AI system's use. Hence, this is an AI Incident rather than a hazard or complementary information.