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

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The Delhi High Court issued a permanent injunction against several Facebook pages and YouTube channels for posting AI-generated deepfake videos of India TV Chairman Rajat Sharma, citing violations of personality, publicity, and intellectual property rights. Meta and Google were ordered to promptly remove the offending content.[AI generated]

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

The event explicitly involves AI misuse in the creation of deepfake videos, which are doctored videos generated using AI techniques. The harm includes misinformation and violations of personality rights, trademarks, and copyrights, which are legal and human rights violations. The court's intervention to remove the content confirms that harm has materialized. Hence, the event meets the criteria for an AI Incident as the AI system's misuse has directly led to harm.[AI generated]
AI principles
Privacy & data governanceRespect of human rights

Industries
Media, social platforms, and marketing

Affected stakeholders
Other

Harm types
ReputationalHuman or fundamental rights

AI system task:
Content generation


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