Hyderabad cybercrime police book Meta India head over posts targeting PM Modi

The Hyderabad Cyber Crime police have registered cases against Meta India head Arun Srinivas and several Facebook and Instagram accounts over allegedly morphed and AI-generated posts targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi that were circulated on social media during the recent Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protest against the alleged NEET paper leak.

The cases were registered following complaints filed by S. Aravind Reddy, a businessman, and T. Saikiran Goud, a Telangana BJP activist. The complainants alleged that while browsing Instagram they came across multiple morphed and digitally manipulated videos and images portraying the Prime Minister in an obscene, derogatory and misleading manner.

According to the complaints, the posts were accompanied by comments containing abusive and indecent language directed at the Prime Minister and others depicted in the content. The complainants alleged that the material appeared to have been digitally altered or generated using artificial intelligence and was widely circulated on social media platforms.