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Accusing the Centre of censoring governmental satire created utilizing artificial intelligence, the Congress connected Thursday (February 14, 2026) claimed that 9 AI-generated videos produced by the enactment had been taken down successful the past six weeks astatine the government’s instance.
Addressing a property conference, Supriya Shrinate said that adjacent arsenic the authorities was projecting itself arsenic a champion of artificial intelligence, it was “strangling India’s AI potential” done contented takedowns.
“In the past six weeks, 9 videos created by the Congress utilizing AI person been forcefully deleted by the Prime Minister, his cardinal government, and BJP-ruled States,” Ms. Shrinate said, adding that each the videos carried a disposable disclaimer speechmaking “AI generated video” passim their duration and were meant arsenic governmental satire.
“These videos amusement however cowardly Prime Minister Modi turned his backmost connected his work by telling General Naravane and the Army... How Modi compromised India’s nationalist involvement portion pursuing a commercialized woody with America,” Ms. Shrinate said.
Deletion orders were issued by constabulary authorities successful BJP-ruled States specified arsenic Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra, arsenic good arsenic 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 governmental opponents, with nary transparency oregon accidental to contention the orders. “At slightest archer america what was amerciable successful these videos. This is however authoritarian regimes enactment by giving concealed orders to instrumentality down content,” she alleged.
She besides criticised the projected online censorship portal “Sahyog”, alleging that it would alteration a tiny radical of officials and societal media platforms to determine what contented could stay online.
Welcoming measures against deepfakes, Ms. Shrinate questioned whether governmental satire carrying AI disclaimers could beryllium treated arsenic misleading content. She besides alleged that young members of the party’s societal media teams were being contacted by constabulary authorities successful transportation with the takedowns.
The Congress person further accused societal media companies of “surrendering” to authorities pressure, claiming that respective creators captious of the authorities had faced demonetisation of their content.
Ms. Shrinate said the enactment would proceed to usage satire, humour and exertion to question the government, asserting that the Prime Minister was “not supra accountability” successful a democracy.
Turning to the ongoing AI acme successful New Delhi, she alleged that the lawsuit had been marred by mediocre organisation, restrictions connected instrumentality and net problems that prevented start-ups from demonstrating products. She besides criticised a backstage assemblage for allegedly showcasing a Chinese-made robot arsenic its ain innovation, saying the incidental had “tarnished India’s image”.
In a abstracted X post, Congress connection main Jairam Ramesh took a swipe astatine Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the ‘MANAV’ acronym and said, “The PM unveils his MANAV imaginativeness for AI. There is simply nary attraction for this (A)cronym (I)nfection.”
On Thursday, Prime Minister Modi presented the MANAV vision, wherever M stands for motivation and ethical systems, A for accountable governance, N for nationalist sovereignty, A for accessible and inclusive, V for valid and legitimate.
