MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Cyber has identified over 400 social media posts and profiles involved in a coordinated disinformation campaign during the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protests last week.
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“Further analysis established that more than 140 posts and profiles involved AI-generated or AI-assisted content, which was scientifically detected and validated using Maharashtra Cyber’s state-of-the-art audio-video forensic analysis tools,” the officer said. Some of the posts revealed digitally inflated crowd visuals, synthetic voice generation, cloned audio, and videos falsely attributed to public figures, he added.
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Anti-social elements operating from outside India, particularly from Pakistan and certain Middle Eastern countries, were amplifying misleading narratives targeting Indian audiences, the officer mentioned.
“We have initiated legal action against these accounts, including the takedown of objectionable content through social media intermediaries,” the officer said.
Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police have registered more than 20 FIRs in connection with the protests in the city, booking over 1,000 young men and women, including the organisers of several protest demonstrations.
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“We have started summoning and sending notices to the youths. The future course of action will be decided by senior police officers,” said a police officer.
