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U.P. CM’s fake video promoting diabetes medicine goes viral, FIR lodged
On the complaint of inspector Mohammed Muslim Khan cyber police station, Hazratganj, Lucknow, have registered an FIR against Facebook profile ‘Grace Garsia’
In yet another misuse of artificial technology (AI), Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath’s fake video promoting an alleged medicine for diabetes recently went viral on social media. The 41-second video, which has been cut from a clip of a news channel, was posted on February 26 by an FB account ‘Grace Garsia’.
It has got 225K views and 120 shares on the 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).”
After the video went viral, on the complaint of inspector Mohammed Muslim Khan posted at cybercrime at DGP office, cyber police station, Hazratganj, recently 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 complainant in his FIR said he found the Facebook profile where a video of CM Yogi was uploaded. In the video using AI tools, the CM’s audio and the voice narration were changed to promote buying diabetes medicine through the website.
“In the video, it was also seen that the CM saying that it has been developed by Indian scientists 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.
As per the complainant, objectionable propaganda about diabetes medicine was being spread by defaming the U.P. government.
