Entertainment Stars Targeted by 'Deep-Fakes' in Election Rhetoric

Aamir Khan's AI video goes viral. The Election Commission should take cognizance

These days, when the election campaign is in full swing in the country, everyone's eyes look for the headlines to see which star is saying what in whose favor. There is a need to pay great attention before following someone, we should find out whether the video going viral of a particular person is genuine. Many such objectionable videos of Kangana Ranaut in Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) and Bhojpuri star Nirahua in Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) are going viral that they had done such things before and given such statements. In this series, the latest video of Amir Khan has gone viral in the new list of campaign rhetoric.

Aamir Khan has filed an FIR against the Congress Party in Mumbai Police. A video of Aamir Khan is going viral on social media in which Aamir is targeting the BJP and saying that Rs 15 lakh was promised in the account of every person, what happened? This video of Aamir has been recreated by tampering with the clipping of his 'Satyamev Jayate' aired 10 years ago. This video is a deep fake video made using AI technology. Aamir Khan says that in his 35 years of film career, he has never been associated with any political party. He has worked as a social motivator or to make people aware in support of voting but has never made any statement for any party.

Nowadays with the technology of AI (Artificial Intelligence), the danger of film stars and politicians giving arbitrary statements, cartoons or statements has increased a lot because their pictures and their statements are easily available. The danger has increased. The Election Commission keeps an eye on what the film candidates contesting in this election say when and where, but other people who are popular faces but are not candidates in the elections, take advantage of their comments or tampered videos by posting them on social media. Efforts to take have increased. Popular stars of film or television have a huge fan following. If their favorite star gives some message then people are impressed by it.

Some time ago, a deep fake picture of actress Rashmika Mandanna went viral, and then an atmosphere of fear was created among the girls of Bollywood. The picture of Rashmika's open cleavage was made with AI technology. Even Big B Amitabh Bachchan had expressed concern over how to stop this. Despite this, deep fake pictures of many heroines went viral. This stopped when the police became stricter. Now Aamir Khan's statement from the show 'Satyamev Jayate' has been tampered with. Aamir Khan has also presented his side to the people by filing an FIR with the police and a complaint with the cyber cell.

It is election season, hence the possibility of deep fake photos and rhetorical videos coming out to mislead the public has increased. The Election Commission should take cognizance of the viral videos of not only politicians but also stars. The government should make the law more stringent against such 'creators'. Stars should also be careful not to leave such clues that they could become victims of deep fakes.

-Sharad Rai

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