An Indian court orders Facebook to suspend AI-forged political videos on three pages.

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   MediaNama

   Indian court in Chandigarh orders Facebook to suspend three pages over AI-faked political videos

   A civil court in Chandigarh, India, ordered Facebook to suspend public access to the pages Batale Di Rajneeti, Kachi Laan, and Thanedar until October 22, 2026, because these pages posted AI-generated videos targeting Batala politician Amandeep Jaintipur. The order was issued ex parte by Civil Judge Kuldeep Singh, and the page operators were not identified or heard beforehand. The court also prohibited the defendants from continuing to publish AI-generated content involving the plaintiff. According to the Times of India, the related AI videos have received 3 lakh views. The court held that uncontrolled AI manipulation could harm democracy and noted that the videos contained content with political calculations favoring the ruling party in Punjab.

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   Bar and Bench

   A court in Chandigarh, India, orders Facebook to suspend three pages spreading AI-forged political videos.

   On October 5, a civil court in Chandigarh, India, issued an ex parte interim injunction requiring three Facebook pages (Thanedar Uncle, Kachi Laan, Batale Di Rajneeti) to stop disseminating AI-generated videos targeting Amandeep Kumar, a Punjab Congress politician, and to immediately close public access or suspend the three pages until the next hearing on October 22. Kumar filed a defamation suit, claiming these deepfake videos used his face and likeness without consent, portraying him as a drug trafficker, antisocial element, intermediary in rape cases, and more. Some videos had approximately 178,000, 180,000, and 47,800 views, and the content favored Sherry Kalsi, the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party MLA for the Batala constituency. The court examined a USB drive containing the videos and independently verified links, concluding that the pages had political motives, went beyond healthy public criticism, and could harm democracy and the process of forming public consensus.

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   Times of India

   Indian court in Chandigarh orders Facebook to suspend access to three pages over AI-faked political videos

   In a suit filed in a Chandigarh civil court in India, the court ruled to temporarily prohibit three Facebook pages from publishing or disseminating AI-generated content involving Congress party figure Amandeep Kumar (also known as Amandeep Jaintipura), and ordered Facebook to close public access to the pages "Thanedar uncle," "Kachi laan," and "Batale Di Rajneeti" before the next hearing. The court found that the videos deliberately damaged the individual's image without verifying facts, carrying a political purpose that goes beyond normal public criticism. The three pages have 2.2K, 1.1K, and 11K followers respectively, and the related content has approximately 178K, 180K, and 47.8K views. Jaintipura's side said the AI-forged videos portrayed him negatively as a drug dealer, antisocial element, and so on, while glamorizing ruling Aam Aadmi Party legislators. The order came only months before the Punjab assembly elections, is the third such order in the region before the elections, and the ban lasts until the next hearing on October 22.

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