Police scramble to tackle alleged disinformation in what has been dubbed ‘India’s first AI election’
India 's home minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah addresses an election campaign rally in Ahmedabad last month. Mr Shah said this week that police have been ordered to investigate fake video clips concerning him. Photograph: Sam Panthaky/AFP via Getty Imageselection, Modi said last week fake voices were being used to purportedly show leaders making “statements that we have never even thought of”, calling it a conspiracy “to create tension in society”.
Five of the Congress workers were released on bail, but the most high-profile arrest made by the cybercrime unit of New Delhi police came on Friday, when they detained a Congress national social media coordinator, Arun Reddy, for sharing the video. New Delhi is one region where Shah’s ministry directly controls police. Reddy has been sent into three-day custody.
With nearly a billion voters and more than 800 million internet users, tackling the spread of misinformation is a high-stakes job. It involves round-the-clock monitoring by police and election officials who often issue take down orders to Facebook and X as investigations start.
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