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Hyderabad police file FIR against Meta India director over AI Modi clips
Hyderabad police file FIR against Meta India director over AI Modi clips
Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police have registered an FIR against Arun Srinivas, Meta's India Director, and unnamed social media users for circulating AI-generated videos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Facebook and Instagram.…
The Story in Brief
Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police have registered an FIR against Arun Srinivas, Meta's India Director, and unnamed social media users for circulating AI-generated videos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Facebook and Instagram. Investigators are analysing the origin of the manipulated clips and whether they violated the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act. Sources told a famous publication that police are also evaluating whether Meta's safety measures were effective in curbing the spread of the videos. The company has not commented on the FIR. This case is separate from the central government's summons to Meta over a brief restriction of a Facebook post by Modi, which the company attributed to a technical glitch.
The Indian Opinion
The FIR against Meta's India director feeds a familiar script: Big Tech is careless, the government is vigilant. But let's be honest, both sides have an interest in keeping this story vague. Meta blames technical glitches; the government demands explanations but rarely names the specific videos that caused concern. Ordinary Indians are left wondering: Are AI-generated political videos a genuine threat to democracy, or just the latest excuse for tighter platform controls? The test will come when investigators reveal how many views those clips actually got versus how many were removed.
Source: thehansindia.com
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