Deepfake videos of the country’s founding father Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are increasingly popular on social media. In this photo, all three celebrities are dancing. In this case, the police have registered an FIR against unidentified persons in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. The Cyber Cell team is investigating the matter.
Ballia Deputy Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar Jha said an FIR was registered against unidentified persons under the provisions of the Information Technology Act on Tuesday based on a complaint by Praveen Singh, head of the media cell of Cyber Police Station. He said the police were investigating the matter. The accused will be traced and legal action will be taken against them.
A user on social media platform X posted about this. “The video is being edited and uploaded to reduce its popularity. In fact, in this video, three celebrities are dancing to the Bhojpuri song.
What is Deepfake, and when and how did it start?
Deepfake is a combination of two English words. One is deep, the other is false. In deep learning, we first need to study new technologies, especially Generative Adversarial Network, also known as GAN. A GAN consists of two networks, one of which is generative, i.e. produces new things, while the other detects the difference between the two. With the help of these two, synthetic data that is very similar to the original data is generated, then it is a deepfake.
This technology was first developed in 2014 by Ian Goodflow and his team. This technology has gradually undergone new changes. In 1997, Christoph Bregler, Michelle Cowell, and Malcolm Slaney used this technology to manipulate visuals in videos and change the words spoken by the anchors. This was done as an experiment. This technique is widely used in Hollywood movies.
Sentenced to 3 years in jail and fined up to Rs 1 lakh for deep fakes
The IT Act 2000 provides protection to the privacy of any person. In this case, if someone breaks the law by making a deepfake video or image without anyone’s consent, then a complaint can be filed against them. Under Section 66D of the Act, if a person is found guilty, he can be jailed for up to three years and fined up to Rs 1 lakh. The Information Technology Act also provides for liability on social media. Protecting someone’s privacy is important in this regard.
In this case, if any platform gets information about any such deepfake material, then it is the responsibility of the social media platform to remove it within 24 hours of receiving the complaint. If a person is insulted due to a deepfake, a defamation suit can be filed against him under Sections 499 and 500 of the IPC. If a deep fake is created by stealing or hacking data, then the victim can file a complaint under the Information Technology Act.
