Rashmika Mandanna, an American actress, described a fake video of herself that went viral on social media as” extremely terrible.”
A British-Indian girl named Zara Patel morphed Ms. Mandanna’s experience into an Instagram picture.
For fake videos have been referred to as a more” damaging form of propaganda” by India’s minister of information technology.
The 27-year-old artist has primarily appeared in Telugu and Kannada movies and has received numerous honors for her performances.
She will then be seen in the Bollywood movie Animal, which is scheduled to release on December 1st, with artist Ranbir Kapoor.
The first person to report that the popular film depicting Ms. Mandanna was a fake was journalist Abhishek Kumar, who works with the fact-checking website Alt News.
The initial video was posted by Mr. Kumar on X( previously Twitter ). He emphasized that Ms. Mandanna’s mouth was replaced in the false video as she was seen boarding an elevator.
According to Mr. Kumar,” From a algorithmic POV ] point of view, the viral video is great enough for regular social media users to fall for it.” Additionally, he requested a legitimate model to handle similar situations in the future.
Amitabh Bachchan, a seasoned professional in Bollywood who co-starred with Ms. Mandanna next year, shared the post and stated that there was” a strong case for constitutional action.”
Such an event was frightening, according to Ms. Mandanna in a statement on X,” not only for me, but even for each of us who today is prone to so much damage because of how technology is being misused.”
She wrote,” I honestly can’t imagine how I was always address this if this happened to me when I was in school or college.”
Before more of us are impacted by like identity theft, the actor said she was appreciative of the support of her family and friends and urged an immediate resolution to the problem.
Ms. Patel, the girl in the original video, also said she was” deeply disturbed and upset” by the false video in her response.
Deepfakes, according to India’s IT minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar, are the” latest and even more dangerous and damaging form of misinformation and need to be dealt with by platforms.”
Social media platforms must make sure” no misinformation is posted by any user ,” he continued, in accordance with India’s IT regulations.
Platforms that don’t meet this requirement may be sued in accordance with American rules.
