Congress accuses Centre of censoring AI satire, alleges “mismanagement” at summit

Congress accuses the Centre of censoring AI satire, claiming mismanagement at the New Delhi AI summit and content takedowns.

Accusing the Centre of censoring political satire created using artificial intelligence, the Congress on Thursday (February 14, 2026) claimed that nine AI-generated videos produced by the party had been taken down in the past six weeks at the government’s instance.

Addressing a press conference, Supriya Shrinate said that even as the government was projecting itself as a champion of artificial intelligence, it was “strangling India’s AI potential” through content takedowns.

“In the last six weeks, nine videos created by the Congress using AI have been forcefully deleted by the Prime Minister, his central government, and BJP-ruled States,” Ms. Shrinate said, adding that all the videos carried a visible disclaimer reading “AI generated video” throughout their duration and were meant as political satire.

“These videos show how cowardly Prime Minister Modi turned his back on his responsibility by telling General Naravane and the Army... How Modi compromised India’s national interest while pursuing a trade deal with America,” Ms. Shrinate said.

Deletion orders were issued by police authorities in BJP-ruled States such as Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra, as well as by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), she claimed, citing Sections 69A and 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

Ms. Shrinate alleged that the provisions were being “blatantly misused” against political opponents, with no transparency or opportunity to contest the orders. “At least tell us what was illegal in these videos. This is how authoritarian regimes work by giving secret orders to take down content,” she alleged.