New Delhi; Leading News Service: The Delhi High Court heard today (2nd) the petition filed against the circulation of deepfake videos of various leaders during the Lok Sabha elections. Meanwhile, the acting Chief Justice said, the court cannot give any direction during the election. So we leave it to the Election Commission. We believe in them. He also said.
A petition was filed in the High Court seeking a direction to the Election Commission to curb the circulation of fake videos during elections. A complaint was lodged with the Delhi Police regarding the fake video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. In this case, many people, including the Chief Minister of Telangana, were summoned for investigation. After this petition was filed by an association of lawyers. In this, the court asked the petitioners to go to the Election Commission and present their position.
During the hearing, the Election Commission told the Delhi High Court that the videos of Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi and other leaders have been removed and a complaint has also been registered. The court also said that action should be taken against the accounts from which fake videos are being posted repeatedly and their names should also be made public.
What is the matter?
On April 27, a fake video of Amit Shah went viral on social media. In this video, Amit Shah is seen talking about ending reservation for SC-ST and OBC. This video was shared by Telangana Congress and Chief Minister Revanth Reddy. According to an investigation by a news agency, the original video had Amit Shah commenting on the removal of unconstitutional reservation for Muslims in Telangana. In this case, Delhi Police had registered a complaint and summoned Revanth Reddy. A similar fake video of Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary also went viral.
