Wrestlers protest: The fake smiles of India's detained sporting stars

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Wrestlers protest: The fake smiles of India's detained sporting stars
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Indian wrestlers protesting against sexual harassment have been targeted by an artificially generated image.

Vinesh Phogat being detained in Delhi: Shortly afterwards she was put on a police busWhen a group of top Indian wrestlers were detained by the police during a protest on 28 May, two versions of a selfie taken by one of them began circulating on Twitter.

A Twitter user shared the first image at 12:31 local time on 28 May - shortly after the wrestlers had been detained by the police. Sangeeta messaged us to say: "We were uncertain and scared about where they were taking us and we wanted to know who all had been detained along with us."

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