‘Vile, abusive’: Bombay HC orders takedown of fake posts targeting Gadkari over E20
The Bombay High Court has ordered social media platforms to remove defamatory deepfakes and AI-generated content targeting Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. The court labeled the content as 'vile and abusive' and emphasized the need to protect public discourse.
Why it matters
This case highlights the growing legal challenges surrounding AI-generated misinformation and the responsibility of social media intermediaries to moderate such content.
NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday granted interim relief to Union minister Nitin Gadkari, directing social media intermediaries, including Meta, to take down defamatory deepfakes, AI-generated images and other posts linking him and his family to the government's E20 ethanol-blending programme. The court described the flagged material as “vile and abusive”.Granting interim relief, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed intermediaries, including Meta, to take down deepfakes, AI-generated images and other posts falsely linking Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and his family to the E20 fuel controversy, describing the content as "vile and abusive."The order was passed by Justice Arif Doctor on Wednesday in Gadkari's suit against Meta Platforms, X, Google/YouTube, the Union ministry of electronics and information technology, the department of telecommunications and unidentified users.The court observed that the material cited by Gadkari was “absolutely vile” and abusive, and said such content should not be available on public…
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