Deepfake video of Yogi endorsing diabetes medicine goes viral; got 225K views and 120 shares on Facebook
An AI-generated fake video of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath that shows him promoting an alleged medicine for diabetes has gone viral on social media.
The 41-second video, which has been cut from a clip from a news channel, was posted on February 26 by an FB account ‘Grace Garsia‘.
In the video using AI tools, Yogi Adityanath’s audio and voice narration were changed to promote buying diabetes medicine through the website.
After the video went viral, on the complaint of Inspector Mohammed Muslim Khan posted at cybercrime at DGP office, cyber police station, Hazratganj, registered an FIR against Facebook profile ‘Grace Garsia’ under IPC sections 419 (cheating by impersonation), 420 (cheating), 511 (attempted offence) and section 66 of the IT Act, 2008.
The fake video has got 225K views and 120 shares on Facebook where the video also had thumbnails that said, “Bharat me Madhumeh par vijay prapt ki gai hai. Madhumeh ko alvida kahen (Diabetes has been conquered in India. Say goodbye to diabetes).”
The complainant in his FIR said he found the Facebook profile where a video of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was uploaded.
“In the video, it was also seen that the Chief Minister is saying that Indian scientists have developed the medicine and whoever buys the medicine by visiting the website will be honoured by God,” the inspector claimed, sharing the link to the posted video and the Facebook profile.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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