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The fact-check portion of the Press Information Bureau (PIB), successful the past 1 month, has flagged implicit 50 instances of deepfakes, manipulated videos, and assorted different types of misinformation circulated connected societal media platforms, galore of which were posted by “Pakistani propaganda” handles, it found.
Fake statements attributed to apical authorities 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 twelve posts carried contented manipulated by deepfakes oregon Artificial Intelligence (AI), raising superior concerns implicit the steep emergence successful the usage of specified means to dispersed 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 portion said. “Such manipulated videos are being deliberately shared to mislead the nationalist arsenic portion of Pakistan’s ongoing misinformation run against India,” the PIB’s fact-check portion said connected societal media level X.
A fake assertion was being made done an AI-generated video of Mr. Modi, shared by the Instagram grip ‘rounakkumartalks’, which said the Central authorities would supply escaped scooters to “women connected Aadhaar cards”, the PIB’s fact-check portion said.. An advertisement for immoderate concern scheme, circulating connected Facebook, utilized an AI-generated and digitally manipulated video of Mr. Modi.
The authorities besides identified a “Pakistani propaganda relationship @Proudindiannavi” for spreading mendacious claims astir an onslaught connected an Iranian ship. A digitally manipulated video of the Defence Minister was being circulated online “by Pakistani propaganda accounts, falsely claiming that helium made remarks supporting Israel’s onslaught connected Iran”, the fact-check portion said.
“A video circulating connected Facebook falsely claims, utilizing digitally altered AI-generated content, that Union Minister Rajnath Singh is promoting an concern task promising returns of ₹80,000 successful a azygous time and up to ₹15 lakh per period connected an concern of ₹22,000...This video is FAKE and AI-generated,” the fact-check portion said.
Yet different “deepfake video alert” pertained to “Pakistani propaganda” accounts sharing a digitally manipulated video of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar “with mendacious claims alleging that helium said India would not tolerate Muslim countries harassing Israel and that Israel precocious granted $3 cardinal to the Afghan Taliban astatine India’s request”.
Multiple instances of deepfake, digitally altered, and AI-generated contented purportedly showing arsenic linked to the Union Finance Minister were besides detected. They offered bogus concern schemes and fishy AI trading software. “Fraudsters often usage edited videos of nationalist figures to mislead radical and lure them into fraudulent concern schemes. Always verify specified claims done authoritative authorities sources and debar clicking connected suspicious links oregon sharing idiosyncratic oregon fiscal accusation online,” the PIB’s fact-check portion cautioned successful 1 post.
Amid the ongoing U.S.-Israel struggle with Iran, arsenic stated by the fact-check unit, Pakistani propaganda accounts were recovered sharing a digitally manipulated video of General Dwivedi related to an Iranian ship. Based connected the video, a Turkish paper had falsely claimed that India had admitted to sharing the Iranian ship’s determination with Israel. One digitally manipulated video falsely showed Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor claiming that the Indian Air Force had raised superior concerns astir Tejas aircraft.
“Caution! Pakistani propaganda accounts connected societal media are sharing AI-generated videos successful which a person, impersonating an Indian Air Force officer, is making mendacious claims astir the Indian Air Force,” the PIB fact-check portion said successful a post, stating that the video had been created utilizing AI.
The portion besides flagged a “fake”, viral Instagram reel which claimed that aft Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, the proviso of petrol and diesel successful India could beryllium affected, starring to an expected summation successful petrol and diesel prices.
Several “pro-Pakistani” societal media handles circulated an aged video of an anti-narcotics cognition successful Tripura, claiming that, successful immoderate areas of Manipur, Indian information forces had laid down their arms and withdrawn successful ample numbers pursuing nationalist protests. Some contented falsely claimed injuries were suffered by information unit successful Jammu & Kashmir, and falsely reported the seizure of an Indian Air Force chopper by extremists successful Manipur.
Attempts were besides made to dispersed panic with a mendacious assertion astir 1 suspected quality lawsuit of avian influenza reported successful India, the PIB’s fact-check portion said.
