Deepfakes, manipulated content raise serious concerns over misinformation
The Hindu
The PIB fact-check unit flags over 50 deepfake instances linked to misinformation campaigns by Pakistani propaganda on social media.
The fact-check unit of the Press Information Bureau (PIB), in the past one month, has flagged over 50 instances of deepfakes, manipulated videos, and various other types of misinformation circulated on social media platforms, many of which were posted by “Pakistani propaganda” handles, it found.
Fake statements attributed to top government functionaries, including President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and the Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi were identified.
About a dozen posts carried content manipulated by deepfakes or Artificial Intelligence (AI), raising serious concerns over the steep rise in the use of such means to spread misinformation.
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A digitally manipulated video of Mr. Modi was circulated online by Pakistani propaganda accounts, falsely claiming that Pakistan had destroyed India’s Rafale jets, the fact-check unit said. “Such manipulated videos are being deliberately shared to mislead the public as part of Pakistan’s ongoing misinformation campaign against India,” the PIB’s fact-check unit said on social media platform X.
A fake claim was being made through an AI-generated video of Mr. Modi, shared by the Instagram handle ‘rounakkumartalks’, which said the Central government would provide free scooters to “women on Aadhaar cards”, the PIB’s fact-check unit said.. An advertisement for some investment scheme, circulating on Facebook, used an AI-generated and digitally manipulated video of Mr. Modi.
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