Cops seek URL of account that shared actor video in deepfake

The Delhi Police has written to Meta to provide the URL of the account from which the ‘deepfake’ video of actress Rashmika Mandanna was shared on social media, officials said on Saturday.

The move came a day after the city police filed an FIR in connection with the incident. Deepfake videos are synthetic media in which a person in an existing image or video is replaced with someone else’s likeness.

Hemant Tiwari, DCP of the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit, said the Delhi Police has also sought the information about the people who shared the fake video on social media.